“Corruption comes from hypocrisy” – National TV Council head backs LGBT supporter

Chair of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting Olha Herasymiuk and LGBT activist Alina Sarnatska

Chair of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting Olha Herasymiuk and LGBT activist Alina Sarnatska

Olha Herasymiuk, head of Ukraine’s National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting, publicly defended a former prostitute and outspoken LGBT activist, Alina Sarnatska, declaring that moral “corruption comes from hypocrisy and ostentatious virtue.” The statement was reported by vsirazom.ua.

The controversy arose in Dnipro following a performance of the play Balance. Playwright Alina Sarnatska claimed that local authorities punished the organizers because of obscene language used during the show. According to her, “priests and other respected guests came to the performance and were not prepared to hear such words.”

Commenting under Sarnatska’s Facebook post, Herasymiuk responded to criticism of the play by writing: “Nonsense. Corruption comes precisely from hypocrisy and showy virtue.”

Sarnatska has previously spoken openly about her past in prostitution and now actively advocates for the legalization of the sex industry and for promoting LGBT ideology. Among her recent projects is a book titled Who United Love and Courage: LGBTQ+ Veterans in the Russo–Ukrainian War.

The National Council under Herasymiuk’s leadership has repeatedly taken action against Christian organizations. The All Together! movement was fined twice – ₴40,000 and ₴88,000 – for publishing materials warning about the risks of LGBT propaganda.

In one of its rulings, the Council explicitly stated that “unambiguous support for traditional or Christian values in the media, without a balanced and tolerant discussion, may negatively affect information consumers.”

In September, the Ukrainian Interchurch Council officially declared that such actions by the National Council threaten freedom of conscience and religion in the country. Church leaders appealed to the president and parliament to ensure the protection of fundamental rights of believers.

As the UOJ previously reported, a state-run media outlet recently aired a laudatory report about a lesbian wedding in Zaporizhzhia.

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