Crackdown in Ukraine: block the gay gag rule

Pride organizers beaten in the streets of Kiev, Ukraine © Reuters

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UPDATE June 28th: We're launching call-in campaign across Europe right before Ukrainian Parliament brings the gay gag rule to vote. Click here to call your foreign affairs office now!

Ukraine's legislature is about to vote a brand new bill into law that will make it illegal to be gay or lesbian in public. President Viktor Yanukovych has the power to stop the law, but has chosen to stay silent on the growing anti-gay sentiment.  

The President says a new alliance with the European Union is his #1 Priority. World leaders have been raising this issue at high level meetings; it's time to force the President to speak out against these laws.

Will you call on President Yanukovych to condemn the laws?  Every single voice of opposition makes a real difference.