I always and consistently advocated for the rights of LGBT people, because I consider this a must for every decent person. Without respect for the rights of all its citizens, Ukraine will not become a truly European country. And it will, and everything will be fine, I do not doubt. But speech in this case is not about LGBT, but about a concrete event and concrete figures. I was twice at a pride in Tel Aviv, I was in Kiev last year, I did absolutely sincerely and correctly everything, but this time, here and now, I will not go.

All LGBT people who tomorrow will gather on the march and pass through Kiev with their head held high, I greet and support. They are great! The reason for my reluctance to go not in these brave people. And the fact that I do not see in the words and actions of the organizers of the Kiev Pride complete sincerity and equal treatment - although it is this social ideal that they declare. In the past year since the last Pride I have never heard a word from them in support of the Crimean Tatars, I have never seen a number of well-known public activists at the events in defense of the Crimean Tatar people, our prisoners. And the struggle for rights and freedom, in my opinion, can not be selective, otherwise it is false.

Pride (and the entire public movement around it) has become for many a correct, fashionable place where one must necessarily be. I'm not chasing fashion and I say that I think, I'm sorry. I believe that if you are fighting for the rights of a sexual minority, and if you are sincere in this, you must also fight for the rights of the minority of the national, for the rights of the indigenous people of Ukraine, who fell into an inhuman Russian captivity. To notice violations of the rights of some and completely ignore the tragedy of others is not a consistent struggle against discrimination, but also a kind of discrimination. This is especially evident in the words and deeds of some of the left-wing Ukrainian activists.

I'm convicted, maybe a bigger libertarian than they. But I can not understand why it is necessary and fashionable to protect LGBTs for a number of well-known figures and journalists, and the rights of the Crimean Tatars are not. I'm against this approach. Both the LGBT and the Ukrainians under the yoke of the invaders, and the Crimean Tatars should be equal protection for all of us if we are not talking about fashion, but about principles. And while this is not so, I do not want to participate even in the most proper events.

Sincere members of the Kiev pride, Ukrainian LGBT people, I express full support and always, where and as soon as possible, I will defend them.

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