Sep 01, 2007Quickie Link: Gay and Lesbian Youth Meets in Belarus
By vanrozenheim
(Belarus) - This weekend the board of International Gay and Lesbian Youth Organization met in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, for its quarterly board meeting. The mission was to touch base with the live of young LGBT activists in Belarus, the last dictatorship in Europe, one of the very few countries in the region which is not a member of the Council of Europe as it still practices death punishment. The intolerance is experienced in particular coming from older generations. Activists identify themselves as ‘out the closet,’ but when asked whether their families know about their sexual orientation, a fast “No, of course not!” is the reply. On the question how activists can be supported mostly the answer was that this mostly is by knowledge from abroad.
