![Cover for: A litmus test for post-Maidan democracy](https://www.eurozine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/5a4bb0d8b4851206327bc83a40adc99b.jpg)
A litmus test for post-Maidan democracy
Anti-discrimination legislation
The political discourse on LGBT rights has shifted in Ukraine after the Maidan and as a result of the conflict with Russia, which aggressively promotes “traditional values”. However, writes Maria Teteriuk, the efficacy of recent legal reform concerning LGBT rights, introduced as part of the visa-free deal with the EU, remains to be seen.