Bogdan Globa

Bogdan Globa (born 26 May 1988) is a Ukrainian LGBT rights activist who claimed asylum in the United States in 2016 and in 2018 founded ProudUkraine.[1][2]

Bogdan Globa
Bogdan Globa is the first openly gay person to present a speech to the Ukrainian parliament
Born (1988-05-26) May 26, 1988
Zachepylivka, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
OccupationActivist
TitlePresident, Proud Ukraine
TermJune 30, 2018 – present

In 2009, Globa co-founded the charity "Point of Support", later working as its CEO.[3][4] After completing a course on "Advocacy of LGBT rights in the USA", he founded "TERGO" a support organization for parents of LGBT+ children.[5]

On 7 November 2013, speaking during parliamentary hearings on European integration and anti-discrimination legislation, Globa was the first openly LGBT person to address Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament.

On 26 May 2015 the Holosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv opened proceedings to establish the existence of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation on the suit of Bogdan Globa to the Democratic Alliance (Ukraine). The case is pending before the European Court of Human Rights.[6][7][8]

In early 2021, Bogdan married his partner in a private ceremony in Washington DC. They currently reside in New York.

References
  1. "ProudUkraine – association of Ukrainian LGBTs in the United States". proudukraine.org.
  2. Taylor, Lin (October 17, 2018). "FEATURE-Loved and loathed: Raising a gay child in the former Soviet..." Reuters – via www.reuters.com.
  3. "Гомофобія і нетерпимість в українському суспільстві" – via ukrainian.voanews.com.
  4. "Богдан Глоба та Тетяна Мазур про ЛГБТ в Україні". January 11, 2014 – via YouTube.
  5. "Олена Глоба: "Я роками не приймала сина-гея"".
  6. "В Україні немає партій, які б рухались до ліберальної демократії - ЛГБТ активіст". VOA.
  7. "ЛГБТ-свадьба: два украинца сочетались браком в Нью-Йорке". 3 February 2019.
  8. "A gay couple from Ukraine married in New York: "There is a sense of security that 15 has lacked for years."". 2 February 2019.
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