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Overview

Homosexuality is legal in Belarus since 1994, but there are no anti-discriminatory measures in place to protect LGBTQ people in areas of employment, housing etc. Same-sex unions are not recognised, and homosexual people cannot serve in the military. It is legal to change one鈥檚 gender, but the procedure is lengthy. There are a few organisations advocating for LGBTQ and gender equality rights in Belarus listed below.

  • 听by ILGA Europe.
  • 听by听ILGA Europe.

LGBT map of Belarus

Academic research

Some academic research has been published on the topic of gender, but听research on LGBTQ is very sparse (but check the link below, as well as repositories for references).

  • , European Humanities University

Resources

Books
  • Fedor, J.,听Umland, A., &听Khromeychuk, O. (2016).听. Journal of Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society ; v. 2, no. 1.
  • Fejes, N., & Balogh, A. (2012).听.听Bristol: Intellect book.
  • Healey, D. (2017).听. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
  • Mole, R. (2019).听.听(First ed., Routledge听contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series).
Periodicals
  • 听-听an academic journal on gender studies in the countries of the former USSR that publishes materials on gender, covering the entire spectrum of social and human sciences.听
Repositories
  • A coverage of听听on Lithuanian Gay League Website听[English].
  • 听摆叠别濒补谤耻蝉颈补苍闭.听
Data and statistics
  • 听by OSCE ODIHR [English].
  • , includes , ILGA Europe -听a world survey of sexual orientation laws +听听[in English].听
Reports
  • (PDF). .听(Online report). Human Rights Watch [English].
  • .听ILGA听Europe [in English].
  • . Amnesty International [English].
  • .听Amnesty International.听London:听Amnesty International Ltd.听December 2017 [English].
  • 袦褍泻邪薪芯胁邪听袗.,听袡芯褉褋泻懈泄听挟.,听袛卸褍屑邪听袙. .听袝胁褉邪蟹懈泄褋泻邪褟听泻芯邪谢懈褑懈褟听锌芯听屑褍卸褋泻芯屑褍听蟹写芯褉芯胁褜褞听(袝袣袨袦). 孝邪谢谢懈薪薪, 2017.听26褋. [Russian].
  • . Eurasian Coalition on Male Health 2017听[English].
  • . GayBelarus听[English].
  • . Article 19, February听2018听[English].
  • . Minsk,听2016听[English].
  • . Warsaw: Heinrich B枚ll听Foundation [English].
  • . Amnesty International, 2016 [English].
  • .听Joined submission by Gay Belarus and听SRI, May 2015 [English].
News portals
  • A collection of about LGBT in Belarus [Russian].听
Organisations
  • 听-听a Belarusian feminist anti-discriminatory project about gender and sexuality that seeks to heighten the awareness, promote mindfulness, and strengthen the LGBTQ-community and other vulnerable groups, which face sexual and gender identity discrimination听[Belarusian and Russian].
  • - a project fighting against homophobia in Belarus [Russian].
  • - a noncommercial cultural and educational organization that in its work deals mostly with matters of identity and self-determination, raises the problems of homophobia, transphobia, sexism and other forms of xenophobia in the Belarusian society [Belarusian, English].
  • -听a project dedicated to promoting gender equality in Belarus. It also contains articles about LGBTQ [Russian].
  • 听- a non-profit, civic association of people working in the media sector focused on equality and non-discrimination听[Russian].