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Belarus: Homophobia

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Belarus, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, LGBTQ+, Media & Journalism, Politics, Religion, Youth

TOL's Belarus Blog highlights homophobic attitudes [1] that seem to be prevalent in the country and are even shared by the otherwise progressive politicians: [Artur Finkievich, a leading “Youth Front” activist] said that if his organization comes to power, they will treat those who has non-traditional sexual orientation as monsters. They will limit such people so they couldn’t work with children, couldn’t take any governmental posts…”