E-NEWSLETTER: LGBTQ+ IN BELARUS 01-03.2024

CURRENT SITUATION OF BELARUSIAN LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY

The beginning of 2024 brought new risks of criminal prosecution and new threats of harassment at the governmental level not only for Belarusian queer activists, but, generally, for every representative of LGBTQ+ community in Belarus.

COVERAGE OF LGBTQ+ ISSUES IN THE BELARUSIAN MASS MEDIA

The topic of LGBTQ+ appeared quite rarely in both independent and state-owned Belarusian social and political mass media in the first quarter of 2024. Unfortunately, the community stories and pressing challenges were covered mostly in a few niche media. The situation resembled the «calm before the storm».

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