Message Ukraine is “europeanizing” because it introduces wagons exclusively for transgender people
This thesis was circulated on social networks, in particular on telegram channels broadcasting pro-Kremlin rhetoric. Reports say that Ukraine is introducing compartment cars for transgender people because Ukraine wants to “europeanize”, supposedly despite the real wishes and demand of the public.
In fact, the women's compartment initiative is not limited to transgender people. First of all, this idea originated on Twitter, where the user complained of discomfort in a compartment in which three men and she were traveling. Subsequently, the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia came out with a statement that they were ready to conduct a test period for the use of women's compartments in order to assess demand. Meanwhile, the chairman of the board of the company, Yevhen Liashchenko, said that the goal is to help women feel more comfortable and safer through a set of measures, one of which will be a pilot project with women's compartments. They will test them for several months and, together with society and specialists, will decide on the scale of the initiative. That is, women's compartments are for women, and for women with children, and for transgender people. At the same time, to say that the public does not want the introduction of women's compartments, especially for transgender people, is also unreasonable. If the user was supported in the comments on Twitter and even made a petition to the relevant site (24,684 out of 25,000 votes have been collected at the moment), there is still a demand for the proposal.
Thus, the propaganda moved away from the real problem - the safety of women in public space. Allegedly, it is more important for Ukraine to show that they are “europeanizing” and do not consider the desire of Ukrainian women. First of all, it's about safety. Even the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia explained that the safety of Ukrainians regardless of gender is a fundamental priority of the company. Actually, for this they introduce an initiative with women's compartments, and not “boast” to someone.