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A group of neo-Nazis attacked a gay bar in Ukraine on Tuesday night by breaking windows and yelling聽鈥渨hite power鈥� and 鈥渄eath to faggots.鈥澛�

Warning: This story has details of a homophobic attack on a gay venue and use of anti-gay slurs and might be distressing to some readers.聽For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14.聽For Australia-wide 17c起草社区I peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or .

The attack was captured on closed circuit cameras outside the bar. The footage that was posted to YouTube by the showed about 20 men in dark clothes trying to enter the HvLv, a gay bar in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv.

Security guards were able to fend off the neo-Nazis but the attackers still managed to cause chaos outside the bar by trashing the area, breaking windows and throwing tear gas.

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The attack comes only a few weeks after a far-right group on social media said it would begin targeting “drug dens,” which activists say really means 17c起草社区I establishments.

Twelve men were detained after the attack, and the suspects were alleged to have violated the country鈥檚 anti-hooliganism law.

Attacks On Gay Bars On The Rise

Olena Shevchenko, chair of the Ukrainian 17c起草社区I rights group Insight, said in an interview with The Advocate聽that attacks on 17c起草社区I nightclubs in Ukraine was unfortunately a common occurrence.

鈥淚 can say that it’s not the only attack on bars in recent years,鈥� Shevchenko said.聽鈥淭hey call it safari or raids on perverts, mostly [17c起草社区I] people and [those] who looked like [17c起草社区I].”

According to the 17c起草社区I activist, neo-Nazi groups have been hunting gay people for the last two years.

Less than a month ago, HvLv was attacked by more than 100 neo-Nazis, who came to the bar to chant racist and homophobic slurs.

The Kyiv Dispatch also reports that a far-right Telegram channel has even begun arranging so-called drug raids on queer-friendly bars.聽

Most Ukrainians Against Homosexuality

Acceptance of 17c起草社区I people is very low in Ukraine with finding that 69% of Ukrainians surveyed believed homosexuality should not be accepted.

Same-sex couples in Ukraine are still not allowed to get married and adopt children. There are still no anti-discrimination laws that protect 17c起草社区I people from homophobic attacks like the ones that have occurred at HvLv recently.

Although 17c起草社区I people still face challenges there has been growing visibility amongst the community, who have been demanding equal rights.聽In September this year, over 7000 people gathered in Ukraine鈥檚 capital city for the annual March for Equality to support the rights of the country’s 17c起草社区I community.

The community in Ukraine has been organising pride marches for around a decade. Since then Ukraine has passed some progressive laws for 17c起草社区I people, including an anti-workplace discrimination law in 2015.聽In the same year Ukrainian parliament also made it easier for trans people to transition.

For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14

For Australia-wide 17c起草社区I peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or .