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GayBelarus
Founded18 January 2009
FocusVisibility and protection of rights of LGBT
Location
OriginsПраваабарончы праект "ГейБеларусь"
Region served
Minsk, Belarus
Key people
Sergey Androsenko, Siarhei Pradzed (founders)
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The Belarusian LGBT Human Rights Project GayBelarus is a national youth civic association.[1] They operate the Jáhada (Belarusian: Ягада, literally Berry) positive queer infoportal (пазітыўны квір. інфапартал).

The association was founded on 18 January 2009[2] with the goal of providing necessary aid and support for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people (hereinafter called LGBT people) and their families and friends.

GayBelarus' responsibilities include carrying out the annual human rights forum "Minsk Pride"[3][4][5][6] and national LGBT conferences,[7][8] regularly reporting to international organizations on the state of LGBT issues in Belarus,[9][10][11] submitting information for the alternative Universal Periodic Review at the UN,[12] and initiating strategic litigations concerning human rights violations violations towards LGBT people.[13][14][15][16]

The organization has branches in all regions of the Republic of Belarus: Brest Region,[17] Hrodna Region,[18] Homel Region,[19] Vitebsk Region,[20] Mogilev Region and Minsk Region.

The organization also supports cultural activities, arranges film shows,[21] LGBT parties,[22][23] roundtables to discuss current and strategic issues,[24][25] and other consolidation activities.[26] In addition, the organization provides legal assistance [27] and psychological care[28] for members of the LGBT community.

Purpose

Objectives

  • Contribution to full LGBT human rights implementation, which are provided by law of the Republic of Belarus, including the international agreements confirmed by the Republic of Belarus;
  • Decreasing levels of homophobia and transphobia while increasing tolerance towards LGBT people
  • Social and psychological support of LGBT people, their family members, and the surrounding community

Activities

  • Human rights work
  • Information work
  • Social work

History

2009

The Month against Homophobia

The Belarusian campaign against homophobia was one of GayBelarus' first large-scale, public events. It was inaugurated in Minsk, on April 17, 2009.[29] The campaign involved several events, the first of which was the premiere of 'Fish Cannot Fly,' a documentary about LGBT Christians. Nearly 80 people attended. The premiere was followed by debates on faith, religion, Christianity, Protestantism, and fundamental churches.

As a result of the campaign, the Belarusian party "The Greens" (BPG) officially announced the establishment of the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights.[30] The Greens was the first Belarusian party to have such a commission in their structure.

The Belarusian online media highly praised the Belarusian LGBT activists work carried out during the "Month against Homophobia in Belarus." The media called it the second most important cultural project in 2009,[31] which was designed to inform Belarusians about the life and problems of the LGBT community.

Day of Silence

In April 2009, the human rights activists from GayBelarus, the Belarusian Initiative for Sexual and Gender Equality—with the support of the public association "Young Social Democrats - Young Gramada"—held a public Day of Silence in Minsk in the form of a "silent" flashmob.[32] The participants taped their mouths shut, and handed out informational leaflets about what homophobia is, and why society needs to deal with it.

While handing out the leaflets, participants were approached by two police officers with a request to show them the flyers. After looking through the anti-homophobia leaflets for a few minutes, the policemen came to conclusion that the action can continue, but the protesters should peel the tape off their mouths.

5th National Belarusian LGBT Conference

On September 26, 2009, the conference "LGBT - movement and non-governmental institutions" was held in Minsk. It focused on of cooperation with the NGO sector and the active civil society to overcome homophobia in Belarus.[33] Gay Belarus initiated the event in participation with the organization GayRussia.Ru. The conference was attended by representatives of some political parties, as well as a wide range of NGOs and civil initiatives, including some anarchists.[34] In total, about 100 participants from more than 30 organizations took part in the event.

The conference's various presentations, projects, and reports raised issues such as ways to overcome homophobia in Belarus, the peculiar features of the East European LGBT+ movement, and male and female activists' interactions.[35]

Sergey Androsenko

Notable Speakers

  • Louis Georges Tin – founder of IDAHO
  • Sergey Androsenko – head of Gay Belarus
  • Nikolai Alexeyev – head of GayRussia.Ru
  • Jean-Eric Holzapfel – head of the European Commission in Belarus
  • Tatiana Gotsura – deputy chairman of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee
  • Tatiana Revyaka – representative of the Viasna Human Rights Centre
  • Igor Borisov – head of Narodnaya Hramada, the Belarusian Social Democratic Party's Core Values Commission
  • Oleg Novikov – head of The Greens
  • Oleg Eremin – head of the national NGO Vstrecha
  • Katsiaryna Pytleva – First Musical Channel VJ
  • Alexander Polujan – head of the portal Gay.By

At the end of the conference, the participants asked to vote on a resolution demanding that the President and the Government should amend Belarusian legislation. The resolution pointed out that Belarus decriminalized homosexuality in 1994, while the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the list of mental illnesses in 1990.[36]

The participants called on the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Government, and the Parliament of Belarus to add the concepts of sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of illegal grounds for discrimination, to make amendments to the criminal law in order to legally prohibit incitement of hatred and hostility on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, and to equal the human rights of the same-sex and opposite-sex couples.[37]

The conference was also attended by several observers - diplomats from Sweden, France and Hungary, as well as a representative of the Swedish human rights organization Civil Rights Defenders.

Action in defense of Iranian gay convicts sentenced to death

On December 16, 2009, GayBelarus held a protest in Minsk in defense of gay Iranian convicts who were sentenced to death for sodomy.[38]

Protestors picketed outside of the Iranian Embassy in Belarus. The picketing only lasted 15 minutes, as the participants managed to pass their petition directly to the Ambassador of Iran.[39] Afterwards, the protestors—as well as a reporter for the independent newspaper Nasha Niva—were detained.[40] The reporter was released after getting her press card checked and engaging in conversation. Meanwhile, the protestors were drawn up reports for violating legal order in regard to arranging or holding meetings, rallies, street processions, demonstrations, picketing, and other large-scale public actions.

2010

Monitoring of LGBT Discrimination

Monitoring discrimination towards LGBT people in Belarus from 2007 to 2009 was the first special-purpose complex study of the legal state of the Belarusian LGBT community. GayBelarus carried out the monitoring with assistance from the Belarusian Initiative for Sexual and Gender Equality.[41]

The monitoring was meant to inform the Belarusian public, and the international queer community, of the ways in which LGBT Belarusians' human rights are violated. The other goal was to develop recommendations for overcoming these violations so that queer Belarusians could fully enjoy their human rights. GayBelarus developed these recommendations for the Republic of Belarus and Belarusian NGOs, with the intent to suggest measures that should be taken in order to reduce homophobia in Belarus, and increase the efficiency at which the state could guarantee rights and freedoms for all its citizens—regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

Gay-lesbian magazine ‘Gay’ presentation

On the night from 27 to 28 February 2010 there was an evening presentation[42] dedicated to the first edition of the new LGBT Belarusian magazine GAY: GoodAsYou.[43] The presentation was held in a club in Minsk, and was attended by more than 200 people.

GAY: GoodAsYou was not the first Belarusian LGBT magazine. However, it aimed to reveal the entire spectrum of gay people's lives, to show the diversity as well as the richness of the Belarusian human rights and cultural gay and lesbian life. At that time, the chief editor of the magazine was GayBelarus activist Sergei Praded.

Meeting with BSU students

On April 9, 2010, GayBelarus representatives and Slavic Gay Pride organizers held a meeting with Belarusian State University students from the Departments of Psychology and Journalism. Nearly 50 people attended the meeting. During, the event, participants watched the movie "La mala educación" ("Bad Education") by Pedro Almodóvar. Among the experts at the meeting were human rights defender Siarhei Androsenka, culture expert Oleg Grubich, and psychologist Varvara Krasutskaya.[44]

Day of Silence in Minsk

On April 25, 2010, Gay Belarus activists marched along Nezavisimosti Avenue (Independence Avenue) from the Belarusian State Philharmonic building to Gorky Park (the central children's park), handing out leaflets with information about the dangers of homophobia.[45] The Day of Silence took place simultaneously with the Republic of Belarus's local council elections, which increased the probability of protesters being arrested. However, there were no incidents or obstacles from the authorities, or any other side. The participants managed to hand out all of their flyers throughout the 1.5 hour event.

"Sexual Revolution in Minsk"

On October 11, 2010, there was an event held in Minsk for International Coming-Out Day.[46] The 10 people[47] who took part in the event turned up with rainbow symbols, and passed along the central streets of Minsk. Afterwards, one of the participants was detained by the riot police (SWAT)[48] on duty. The arrested activist was fined, retained, and had to spend the night in the detention centre on Okrestsin Street in Minsk.

2011

Training workshop and debate club

In February 2011, GayBelarus organized a training workshop called "Citizen and Public Order. Legal and psychological aspects,"[49] as well as a debate club "Gay Pride—pros and cons. Activism is . . .."[50] Both were carried out in Minsk. Debaters discussed several key topics such as necessity, formats, and possibility of arranging a Gay Pride in Minsk. The debates also included questions on topics such as the life of gays in Belarus, stereotypes about gay activists, the role of activists for the community, and the work that activists should do.

First authorized picket against homophobia

On February 14, 2011, a group of activists of the Belarusian LGBT community held the first authorized anti-homophobia rally in Belarus to support LGBT rights. Around ten people gathered near the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus.[51] Due to the cold weather, the event only took place for 10–15 minutes. The participants were holding posters which said "To love a person you want is a human right," "Equal rights without a compromise," "Homophobia is a disgrace to the country," "Belarus without homophobes," etc. The event was scrutinized by the police and journalists.

East Bloc Love

In March 2011, Logan Mucha, an Australian film director, was shooting a documentary called East Bloc Love[52] which featured Human Rights Project "GayBelarus" and Sergey Yenin, a gay activist. The film premiered in 2011 at the Frameline LGBT Film Festival in San Francisco, and later it was screened at a number of other film festivals such as Movies That Matter and Amnesty International. The film won the prize for"Best Documentary" at the Merlinka Film Festival [53] in Belgrade.

Film screenings in Vitebsk

Since April 2011, regular LGBT film screenings in Vitebsk were arranged by a GayBelarus coordinator of the Vitebsk Region[54]. Subsequently, the coordinator was subjected to pressure by the local authorities. He was charged with organizing of the so-called silent protests in Vitebsk, which was one of the reasons why he had to stop his weekly film screenings.[53]

Information campaign in support of LGBT

On May 17, 2011, activists from the LGBT Human Rights Group "GayBelarus" and the MSA "Young social democrats—Maladaya Hramada" intended to hold an information event where they wanted to disseminate leaflets about legalizing gay love in Belarus.

The event was to begin near the House of Officers close to the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Belarus—a traditional meeting point for gays and lesbians in Minsk. As the group of young people gathered and went towards Nezalezhnasti Ave., it was surrounded by the police officers in civilian clothes. Special forces were called, arriving 2–3 minutes later, who ended up detaining 15 people.[54][55] After two–two and a half hours, all detainees were freed without drawing any reports. Four complaints about the police officers’ actions were made by the detainees, including one regarding the unlawful taking of personal belongings.

GayBelarus Foundation Meeting

(The first attempt to get registered)

On October 15, 2011, members of the LGBT Human Rights Group "GayBelarus" held the foundation meeting in Minsk and signed the charter of their human rights organization, chose its chair, counselors, and members of the utilization review committee. Since the words "Belarus" or "Belarusian" can not be used in the name of the organization unless legally endorsed, the name was decided to be "Human Rights Centre Alternative Plus".[56][57]

In late December, the registration was rejected due to formal reasons. The letter from the Ministry of Justice stated that the founders of the organization had provided a wrong date of birth of one of the 61 founders and made a spelling mistake in the name of another founder.[58][59][60] This inconsistency was later reflected in the monitoring of the legal status of the Belarusian nongovernmental organizations.[61]

Other activities in brief

  • In June 2011, the ban to hold a Slavic Gay Pride 2010 was appealed in the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus;[62] moreover, the course of events for Slavic pride were reflected on in a report about Belarus--"Human rights in today’s world," which was prepared by the Amnesty International.[63]
  • In September–October 2011, regional offices of the LGBT Human Rights Group "GayBelarus" were opened in Brest, Grodno, Gomel, and Vitebsk.
  • In October 2011, the action game "Searching for tolerance" was held; it was arranged by GayBelarus together with the Union of the Belarusian Students.[64]

2012

International Week of Actions against Racism and Xenophobia

On 17 March 2012, the human rights activists of "GayBelarus" held an action in the centre of Minsk.[65] The action was dedicated to the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. About 10 activists were handing out stickers and information materials against racism, xenophobia and the death penalty.

At the end of the sprint flash mob,[66] right before disappearing, the participants left two toys and a bag with some glued on stickers against racism, xenophobia and the death penalty. The reason for this rapidity of the action as well as the poor format was the fact that the Minsk local authorities had once again banned a peaceful LGBT campaign.[67] The very action was timed to coincide with the European Week against Racism and Xenophobia, as well as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

In addition to the public action within the European Week against Racism and Xenophobia, the human rights activists of ‘GayBelarus’ handed out leaflets on the subway,[68] and arranged a film screening and debates on the death penalty.[69]

Rainbow column on "Free Will Day" and the Chernobyl Path

On 25 March 2012, 15 human rights activists from ‘GayBelarus’ appeared with rainbow flags, the world's symbol of the movement for the rights of the LGBT community, at the procession of the Belarusian democratic opposition in Minsk, dedicated to Free Will Day.[70] The organizers did not hamper the LGBT column procession.[71]

Later, on 26 April 2012, the activists of the human rights project took part[72] in the annual procession of the Belarusian opposition – the Chernobyl Path. The LGBT activists were holding rainbow flags and passing along with the rest of the participants. However, there was an incident when a young man tried to pull out two rainbow flags out of the gay activists’ hands.[73][74] Later on, the Orthodox media tried to blacken the event due to the fact that gay activists took part in the action.

The Month Against Homophobia and Transphobia

May 2012 was the month against homophobia and transphobia. During the period, several major events were held, including the round table ‘LGBT and Education’ and[75] a number of film screenings.[76] In addition, the project activists pasted stickers calling for tolerance. Minsk City Executive Committee did not allow conducting any public actions in support of a tolerant attitude towards the LGBT community. [83] Nevertheless, the human rights activists of ‘GayBelarus’ together with the Society of Belarusian Students held a public action in Minsk. During the event, the participants were handing out cards with information on equality and the diversity of Belarusian society.[77]

Founding Congress "GayBelarus"

(second attempt of registration)

On 8 December 2012, in Minsk, the founding congress of the National Youth Public Association ‘Human Rights Center ‘Lambda’ was held.[78] This was the name under which the human rights project ‘GayBelarus’ wanted to legalize their activities in 2012. Sergey Androsenko was elected president and Maxim Dmitriev - his deputy.[79]

The congress was attended by 72 delegates from all the regions of the Republic of Belarus and Minsk. They adopted the articles of the association and elected its governing bodies. The organization mainly aimed to provide various kinds of legal assistance for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Subsequently, an application was filed to the Ministry of Justice with a request to register the organization.

Other activities in brief

  • At the beginning of the year in 2013, the "GayBelarus" activists delivered a lecture on the Belarusian LGBT movement to the students-politologists of the Dutch University of Radboud. The lecturers discussed their activities,[80] shared their experience in regards to the organization of some events, and talked about the problems homosexuals encounter in Belarus.
  • 10 activists of the human rights project "GayBelarus" took part in "KyivPride2012".[81]
  • 2 activists of the human rights project "GayBelarus" took part in Baltic Pride 2012.[82]
  • 20 activists of the human rights project "GayBelarus", together with the members of other Belarusian organizations, took part in the Parade of Equality in Warsaw.[83]
  • At the end of July 2013, a Minsk-Brest cycling race was held. The event was arranged in support of Minsk Gay Pride 2012.[84] All along the route, the participants were distributing flyers about Minsk Gay Pride, thereby informing about the upcoming event.
  • In 2012 the human rights project "GayBelarus" held several other cultural,[85][86][87][88] educational,[89] and other events.
  • From November 2012, the human rights project "GayBelarus" started film screenings at their headquarters. The film screenings took place every week and the movies selected were related to LGBT issues.[90] Everyone could attend the event, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.[91]

2013

On 5 February 2013 the Ministry of Justice made the decision to refuse the registration of the National Youth Public Association ‘Human Rights Center ‘Lambda’.[92] The Ministry of Justice stated that the articles of the organization do not have any provisions that the statutory activities of the public association would be aimed at ensuring social formation and the all-round development of young people. The Ministry of Justice reported that all the organizational faults during the application procedure are irremediable.[93][94]

The founders of 'Lambda' appealed against the decision of the Ministry of Justice to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus. During the hearing, the applicant's claim was adjudicated.[95][96] The founders of the National Youth Public Association ‘Human Rights Center ‘Lambda’ made the decision to file a complaint to the UN Committee on Human Rights.

As a result of this attempt to register the public organization, in January and February 2013, more than 60 founders of ‘Lambda’ in no less than 10 cities across the country were called in for a ‘conversation’ by the representatives of the Office on Drugs and Trafficking Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.[97][98] The police officers asked questions related to the founders’ private lives, including their sexual roles and sexual orientation, as well as the organization's activities and the personality of its leader. In case of refusal to come to the office for a ‘conversation’ without any formal notice, the police officers paid visits to the working places of the people or got in touch with the universities’ authorities with a request to conduct a preventive conversation with the student.

The leaders of the organization were also under pressure. The head of the organization had his passport taken away twice on the grounds of spotting the document among those reported lost.[99][100][101] The activists were also removed from trains, unreasonably searched and put under lots of psychological stress.[102]

One of the activists was severely beaten at the police precinct.[103] This led to a formal complaint filed to the prosecutor's office.[104]

Amnesty International called on the Belarusian Government to respect the right for freedom of LGBT associations and give them the opportunity to register the ‘Human Rights Center ‘Lambda’. The numerous facts related to the persecution of LGBT representatives, as well as their organizations and activists, by the authorities were included in the report on the human rights situation in Belarus regarding the rights for freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association. The report was published by Amnesty International in 2013. The cases of persecution and intimidation were also stated by Ian Kelly, the chairman of the U.S. Mission to the OSCE, in his report ‘Statement of harassment in regards to the LGBT people and political prisoners in Belarus’ to the Permanent Council in Vienna on 14 February 2013.

Within the period from January to April 2013, there were 7 police raids committed on the activities of the human rights project ‘GayBelarus’ and the parties of the LGBT community. The first incident occurred on the night from 11 to 12 January in the Minsk club ‘6_A’.[105][106] The police entered the club, blocked the way out and copied the personal data of all the visitors. According to the witnesses, there were about 100 people at the club at the time of the raid. During the nigh evening of the 12 to 13 January, a similar case occurred in the Vitebsk club ‘XXI Century’. At around 1 a.m. the police broke into the club and immediately ordered everyone to stand against the walls: the males – on one side, the females – on the other side. The police officers copied all the personal data of the visitors, asking them for their names, place of residence and employment. All the visitors were also filmed on camera.[107][108][109][110] Some of the detainees during the police raids in Vitebsk filed complaints with the city executive committees on the illegal actions of the police.[111][112]

Similar raids took place throughout the following 4 months.[113] Consequently, the owner of the club ‘6_A’ started having problems with the city authorities, which made him hurriedly and unexpectedly close down the club.[114]

In April, the human rights activists of "GayBelarus" filed an application for holding a picketline at the Embassy of France in favour of the gay marriage legalization in this country,[115] but the Minsk City Executive Committee did not allow the LGBT representatives to conduct a peaceful action.

In 2013, "GayBelarus" actively promoted the protection of the attacked LGBT representative Vitaly Gulyak whose case had already been filed to the prosecutor's office. Vitaly was persecuted by an organized group of ‘hunters of pedophiles’ called ‘Leather Microphone’. Subsequently, two of the hunters were sentenced for insulting and distribution of the victim's personal information, two more were announced wanted by the Criminal Investigation Department.[116][117]

"GayBelarus" together with the other LGBT initiatives in Belarus collectively condemned the statements by the Ambassador of France to Belarus Michel Raineri in which he stated that ‘as a functionary he is for the same-sex marriage, but as a true believer he speaks in favour of the union of a man and a woman.[118] Consequently, a joint letter was sent to a number of the government agencies of the French Republic with the request to admit the inadmissibility of such statements from the sidelines of diplomats as this discriminates against LGBT rights.[119] After that, on the initiative of the Ambassador Michel Raineri, a meeting was held in the Embassy of France. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the human rights project ‘GayBelarus’ Natalia Mankovskaya and the project ‘Gay Alliance of Belarus’ Alexander Poluian.[120]

In 2013, the delegation of the human rights project "GayBelarus" also took part in the "KyivPride2013".[121]

Present

Many members of the association have been forced to flee the country because of persecution of gays from the state.

Membership

  • A member of the International association of gay-pride organizers InterPride
  • A member of the European association of gay-pride organizers EuroPride
  • A representative and an organizer of Slavic gay-pride in Belarus and a co-organizer of Slavic Pride in Moscow. Organizer of the Slavic Pride in Moscow is the advocate group LGBT Human Rights Project Gayrussia.ru.
  • An official coordinator of International day against homophobia in Belarus and a member of International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia Committee
  • A co-organizer of a Month against homophobia in April/May 2008 in Belarus, which was not given authorization. Space for the event was provided, but only on condition that the names of organizations providing space remain in uncertainty. Democratic parties and politicians did not support this event.[122][123]

See also

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