{"id":28636,"date":"2026-09-05T18:07:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=28636"},"modified":"2026-09-05T18:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:07:57","slug":"kharkivpride-fest-gey-parad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/kharkivpride-fest-gey-parad\/","title":{"rendered":"An LGBT festival has kicked off in Kharkiv; the gay pride parade is due to take place on 12 September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">The LGBT festival began in Kharkiv on 5 September. A gay pride parade is expected to take place in the city on 12 September. Both events form part of \u00abKharkivPride\u00bb week, organised by the NGO \u00abKharkiv Women\u2019s Association \u201cSfera\u201d\u00bb. The organisers have stated that they will take the wartime situation into account and will liaise with the National Police, prioritising the safety of participants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The LGBT festival in Kharkiv began on 5 September.<\/li>\n<li>The city\u2019s gay pride parade is due to take place at the end of Pride Week.<\/li>\n<li>\u00abKharkiv Pride\u00bb is organised by the NGO \u00abSfera\u00bb.<\/li>\n<li>The programme addresses the issues of partnerships and combating discrimination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What will be discussed during Pride Week?<\/h2>\n<p>\u00abKharkiv Pride\u00bb will take place from 5 to 12 September. The organisers have cited legal recognition of civil partnerships, proper investigation of hate crimes, countering discriminatory initiatives and safety as some of the event\u2019s themes <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/kruizne-sudno-the-scarlet-lady-ne-pustyly-do-yegypetu\/\">LGBTQ<\/a>+ people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itd.rada.gov.ua\/billinfo\/Bills\/Card\/41497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Draft Bill No. 9103 on the institution of registered partnerships<\/a>, which was tabled in March 2023, is still being considered by a committee of the Verkhovna Rada.<\/p>\n<h2>Measures are being planned with wartime conditions in mind<\/h2>\n<p>The organisers stated that all events would take place in accordance with wartime requirements and in cooperation with the National Police. They described the safety of participants as a priority.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KharkivPride 2026 is taking place in Kharkiv from 5 to 12 September. The LGBT festival has already begun, and the city\u2019s gay pride parade is due to take place on 12 September.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":28639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0425\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0456\u0432\u041f\u0440\u0430\u0439\u0434 2026 \u0442\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0454 \u0443 \u0425\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u0437 5 \u0434\u043e 12 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044f. \u041b\u0413\u0411\u0422-\u0444\u0435\u0441\u0442 \u0443\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0432, \u0430 \u0433\u0435\u0439-\u043f\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0434 \u0443 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0456 \u043e\u0447\u0456\u043a\u0443\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f 12 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044f.","rank_math_title":"\u0425\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0456\u0432\u041f\u0440\u0430\u0439\u0434 2026: \u0433\u0435\u0439-\u043f\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0434 \u0443 \u0425\u0430\u0440\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0456 12 \u0432\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043d\u044f","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0445\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0456\u0432","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806778],"tags":[806775],"class_list":["post-28636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-suspilstvo","tag-806775"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28640,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28636\/revisions\/28640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}