“In Kyiv, the date of the LGBT festival has been postponed: what is known The organizers of KyivPride have postponed the festival “Queer Propaganda Fest”, scheduled for November 23-24. The reason was the coincidence with the Holodomor Memorial Day, new dates for the event are being negotiated.”, — write on: unn.ua
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It is noted that the LGBT festival was supposed to take place in Kyiv on November 23-24. These dates fell on the fourth Saturday of November, which commemorates the victims of the Holodomor every year. Despite public outrage, the organizers initially did not cancel the event, but later decided to postpone it.
You are right – we made a mistake. While preparing the Queer Propaganda Fest, we really didn’t check the date. Later, we saw how many people in the community and partners were outraged by our decision. Since the planned fest is not entertaining, but on the contrary, educational – we decided to hold it. But later, after discussing with the team and weighing everything, we decided to postpone our event,
The organizers noted that they are already agreeing on new dates for the event and preparing an announcement. They also apologized for the unfortunate incident.
We will remind
On September 15, the sixth Equality March dedicated to the rights of the LGBT community took place in Kharkiv.