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= Vitalina Koval = Vitalina Koval is an LGBTI Activist from the Ukraine. Vitalina is openly lesbian and she coordinating the work of a community centre for LGBTI people in Uzhgorod which offers peer to peer support for LGBTI people.

Activism
In March 2018, Vitalina was attacked for speaking up for her and other’s rights at a protest held on International Women’s Day in Ukraine. Six people from a radical group called "Karpatska Sich" doused her with red paint while she was participating in the event. "I felt pain, shock and fear: "I could go blind!". People tried to provide the first aid immediately. They gave me tissues, and water to wipe the paint. It didn't help. These long minutes it hurt and I couldn't get the thought that I could lose my sight out of my head". Following her hospitalization, Vitalina Koval went to the police. In the following weeks, she and her friends were harassed and persecuted. Amnesty International denounced the failure of the police to provide assistance and advocated an amendment to the guidelines governing police behavior during demonstrations.