- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✔ Legal
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Recent studies in Ukraine have revealed a prevalence of resistance towards LGBTQ+ rights.
Ukraine Surveys
Agreement That LGBT+ People Should Have Equal Rights (November)
Agreement That LGBT+ People Should Have Equal Rights (May)
Agreement That LGBT+ People Should Have Equal Rights (January)
Agreement That LGBT+ People Should Have Equal Rights
Agreement That LGBT+ People Should Have Equal Rights (December)
Agreement That LGBT+ People Should Have Equal Rights (July)
Agreement That LGBT+ People Should Have Equal Rights
Orthodox Christian Support for Church's Position of Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Marriage
Perception of LGBTQ+ People
Survey results from 3 LGBTQ+ Equaldex users who lived in or visited Ukraine.
Overall
Safety**Survey results represent personal perceptions of safety and may not be indicative of current actual conditions.
Equal Treatment
Visibility & Representation
Culture
Services
History
Same-sex marriage in Ukraine is banned.
Deputy Justice Minister Natalia Bernatska has said, "To date, no draft laws or government decisions regarding the legalization of same-sex partnerships in civilian or other forms have been developed."
In August 2022, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine’s government may allow civil partnerships for same-sex couples in the future.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ukraine is unknown.
Right to change legal gender in Ukraine is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Gender-Affirming Care in Ukraine is legal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ukraine is not legally recognized.
LGBT employment discrimination in Ukraine is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Ukraine is no protections.
Intersex infant surgery in Ukraine is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Ukraine is legal.
According to law, homosexuality is not a reason for exemption from the army. However, many young gay men try to avoid call-up to military service, as they are afraid to face unauthorized relations and other difficulties. In 2018, Viktor Pylypenko, who had served in the Donbass area for two years during the Russia–Ukraine war, became the first Ukrainian soldier to come out publicly. In 2019, several gay soldiers in the Ukrainian army participated in a photo exhibition called "We are here". In 2021, Pylypenko was trying to organize a special unit in the Ukrainian army for LGBT soldiers.[42] In July 2021, Pylypenko stated there were 16 open LGBT soldiers in the Ukrainian army.
The 2022 Russian invasion resulted in an increased influx of openness and acceptance regarding LGBTQ soldiers in the Ukrainian military. A growing number of soldiers disclosed their identity, believing that they could fight not just for their home country but also against existing stereotypes. The invasion also saw the spread of "unicorn insignia" which Ukrainian LGBTQ soldiers sew onto their uniforms. The unicorn was chosen due to its nature as "fantastic 'non-existent' creature", sarcastically countering claims about there being no LGBT+ individuals in the Ukrainian military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Ukraine is legal.
Conversion therapy in Ukraine is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Ukraine is equal.
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Ukraine.
- Cherkas'ka Oblast'
- Chernihivs'ka Oblast'
- Chernivets'ka Oblast'
- Dnipropetrovs'ka Oblast'
- Donets'ka Oblast'
- Ivano-Frankivs'ka Oblast'
- Kharkivs'ka Oblast'
- Khersons'ka Oblast'
- Khmel'nyts'ka Oblast'
- Kirovohrads'ka Oblast'
- Kyïv
- Kyïvs'ka Oblast'
- L'vivs'ka Oblast'
- Luhans'ka Oblast'
- Mykolaïvs'ka Oblast'
- Odes'ka Oblast'
- Poltavs'ka Oblast'
- Rivnens'ka Oblast'
- Sevastopol'
- Sums'ka Oblast'
- Ternopil's'ka Oblast'
- Vinnyts'ka Oblast'
- Volyns'ka Oblast'
- Zakarpats'ka Oblast'
- Zaporiz'ka Oblast'
- Zhytomyrs'ka Oblast'
- Respublika Krym (Autonomous Republic)