Southern Odesa, western Lviv and eastern Kharkiv offer opp. Southern Odesa, western Lviv and eastern Kharkiv offer opportunities and events for queer people to express themselves and stand up for their rights. Born and raised in this western provincial capital of , inhabitants, Kachmarskyy loves his hometown. He admits that although there are queer people in the city, there is no coherent community like in Kyiv or Kharkiv.
During May 2 6-June 1, , the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology KIIS conducted its own all-Ukrainian public opinion survey "Omnibus", to which questions about LGBT people in Ukraine and their rights were added at the request of the NGO "Nash svit". By the method of computer-assisted telephone interviews CATI based on a random sample of mobile phone numbers with random generation of phone numbers and subsequent statistical weighting , 1, respondents living in all regions of Ukraine territory under the control of the Government of Ukraine were interviewed. The survey was conducted with adult aged 18 and older citizens of Ukraine who, at the time of the survey, lived on the territory of Ukraine controlled by the Government of Ukraine. The sample did not include residents of territories that are temporarily not controlled by the authorities of Ukraine at the same time, out of 2, respondents 42 before February 24, , lived in the territory that is currently occupied , and the survey was not conducted with citizens who went abroad after February 24,
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A meeting with some Insight activists and their views on Ukrainian society and the slow progress on rights in post-Soviet Ukraine. Founded by Olena Ševčenko in , Insight is one of the leading Ukrainian associations that brings together and represents the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer community. The association defends and supports the rights, freedoms, inclusion, and diversity of all these social groups, dreaming of establishing an open, democratic, and tolerant society. Its headquarters are in Kiev, but recently some regional centres have also been opened.