Pride celebration party held in Kyiv night club

(25 Jun 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyiv - 25 June 2022 1. Various of people dancing in club 2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodya Novak, local resident: "Every year I attend the Pride because I remember the story of Stonewall and the fight for our civil rights. Today's celebration is above all, not about the drag artists and about partying, but about remembering that we live in Ukraine, and thank God we have the right for self-expression and self-identification." 3. Various of partygoers 4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Karina Tolstaya, local resident: "For me, every Pride is about being able to express myself. I mean, to me, people don't understand that we take a stand for LGBT." 5. Various of partygoers 6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmytro Yatsenko, partygoer: "At this moment of time, the events that are happening unite us. We are all together in this, so for me the Pride is a big union. It's all of us - something more powerful, sensual, free." 7. Man dancing STORYLINE: A pride celebration party was held on Saturday evening in a Kyiv night club. With a nationwide martial law in force across Ukraine, the yearly parade was relocated and now Warsaw stands as the Ukrainian Pride. Some of those who stayed in Kyiv, opted to meet in a local club where they had to the celebration with the curfew at 11:00 pm. (2000 GMT) Local resident Volodya Novak said this year's Pride is "not about the drag artists and about partying." It is about "remembering that we live in Ukraine, and thank God we have the right for self-expression and self-identification," Novak said. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...