{"id":45444,"date":"2023-01-23T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T12:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/officials-debating-potential-anti-lgbt-propaganda-legislation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"officials-debating-potential-anti-lgbt-propaganda-legislation","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45444\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials debating potential anti-LGBT propaganda legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>January 23,<span> BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Belarusian authorities held a roundtable discussion on the prohibition of LGBT propaganda, the House of Representatives&#8217; press office reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Maryna \u0160krob, of the lower chamber&#8217;s standing committee on health stressed that people are born with different genetic, physical and morphological characteristics&nbsp;but added that &#8220;there should be no\u201d LGBT propaganda. \u0160krob, a gynecologist by profession, said that all aspects of an anti-LGBT propaganda bill must carefully considered to make sure that it does not come to the point of &#8220;absurdity.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t In late December 2022, Natalla Ka\u010danava, chair of the upper chamber of the Belarusian National Assembly, said that Belarus should follow Russia in adopting anti-LGBT propaganda legislation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t A few months earlier, D\u017amitryj \u0160a\u016dco\u016d of the Belarusian Red Cross Society described homosexuality as &#8220;a mental deviation and illness, that should be treated.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The 2022 constitutional amendments changed the definition of marriage by describing it exclusively as &#8220;the union of a woman and a man.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 23, BPN. 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