The Kiev Eurocon has updated its website. There is even a draft programme up (which, somewhat to my surprise, I am on). Meanwhile I have been trying to get some information on the local political situation.

Thanks to TGEU I have made contact with an LGBT activist organization in Kiev. Their view is that the proposed law against “promoting homosexuality”, if it is implemented by April, is unlikely to be used against foreign visitors. As to whether it happens at all, that’s unclear. The EU has recently given Ukraine a clear warning that the proposed law is in direct contravention of agreements that Ukraine has made with the EU. The UN has also spoken out against the proposed law. There was, apparently, a demonstration in Kiev today against the proposals. I hope it went well.

I’ll continue to monitor the situation. I’d like to go, especially if I can support local LGBT groups by doing so. My final decision will be based on the state of my finances, and on what the Ukrainian activists tell me.