Ukrainian court bars gay pride event, citing security concerns

KIEV (Reuters) - A Kiev court on Thursday banned what would have Ukraine's first gay pride event after city authorities raised security concerns. There is little public acceptance of homosexuality in predominantly Orthodox Ukraine, as in other former Soviet republics; last week, large crowds of protesters broke up gay rights rallies in Georgia and Russia. A spokeswoman for the organisers of Saturday's Equality March, who declined to be named for fear of reprisals, said activists would find another way to express "our protest, our view on what is going on with human rights in Ukraine". ... More »Ukrainian court bars gay pride event, citing security concerns