Fact check: Has Ukraine just legalised same-sex marriage?

Ukraine: Supreme Court decision recognizing same-sex couple as family marks important step for LGBTI rights

Responding to the Supreme Court of Ukraine’s decision to uphold a lower court ruling recognizing a same-sex couple as a de facto family, Veronika Velch, Director of Amnesty International Ukraine, said: “The Supreme Court’s refusal to overturn this ruling reaffirms the lower court’s important finding that same-sex couples have the right to be recognized as a family. “This is a significant precedent. The court made clear that third-party organizat…

Fact check: Has Ukraine just legalised same-sex marriage?

A Supreme Court ruling in Ukraine recognising a same-sex couple as a "de facto" family unit has sparked confusion online.

Ukraine Supreme Court recognises 'de facto' marriage of gay couple in landmark ruling

The decision marks the first time the country’s highest court has upheld legal recognition of a same-sex couple as a family The post Ukraine Supreme Court recognises ‘de facto’ marriage of gay couple in landmark ruling appeared first on Attitude.

History made as same-sex couple becomes first recognised as family in Ukraine

This article is about a same-sex couple in Ukraine. Flags of Ukraine flying in the sky. Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ukraine_Flags_at_the_Riga_Congress_Centre.jpg In a historic moment for the country, the Supreme Court in Ukraine has recognised a same-sex couple as a family for the very first time. The case involved Zoryan Kis and Tymur Levchuk, two men who have lived together since 2013…