Belarus is cracking down on its LGBTQ+ community, detaining and beating nearly three dozen of them in the last three months.
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Alisa Sarmant, coordinator of the LGBTQ+ rights group TG House Belarus, right, poses for photo in Warsaw, Poland, March 25, 2023. But even before the measure is drafted, life has gotten worse for the LGBTQ+ community in Belarus, rights advocates say. “To a large extent, it’s a carbon copy of what is happening in Russia, but in Belarus all these discriminatory practices take on uglier and harsher forms,” Sarmant said.
After Russia banned gender transitioning last year, transgender individuals in Belarus began having problems, even though the procedures are not forbidden. According to Sarmant, the government this year rejected over 80% of those seeking official authorization for gender-affirming procedures and changing their gender marker in official documents. By comparison, 10%-15% were rejected in 2020, she said.
During the final raid of her apartment, security forces broke her tooth and two ribs, jailed her for 12 days and ordered her to repent on camera, she said. All independent LGBTQ+ groups have been shut down in Belarus, security forces regularly raid Minsk nightclubs where underground parties are held, and advocates say the KGB blackmails members of the community into cooperating.
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