- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- 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
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
According to recent survey data, there appears to be strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights in Ukraine.
Ukraine Surveys
Orthodox Christian Support for Church's Position of Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Marriage
History
Same-sex marriage in Ukraine is unrecognized.
Since Aug 2, 2022
The country’s president Zelensky stated that Ukraine’s government may allow civil partnerships for same-sex couples in the future.
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 no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Ukraine is legal, surgery not required.
Since Dec 1, 2016
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ukraine is not legally recognized.
LGBT employment discrimination in Ukraine is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Nov 12, 2015
LGBT housing discrimination in Ukraine is no protections.
Since Nov 12, 2015
Serving openly in military in Ukraine is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Since Dec 17, 2021
All able-bodied male citizens from ages 20–27, must serve either 18 months in the navy or one year in all other services. After serving out the term of service Ukraine's conscripts become part of the inactive reserve and are eligible to be recalled for mobilization until they reach age 55 or age 60 for officers.
Only 23 countries allow Trans Military service, Ukraine is not one of them
Blood donations by MSMs in Ukraine is legal.
Since Jan 1, 2016
Conversion therapy in Ukraine is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Ukraine is equal.
Since Sep 1, 2001
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)