{"id":85633,"date":"2024-05-17T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T11:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85633\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-politician-declares-solidarity-with-lgbtq-community","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/85633\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition politician declares solidarity with LGBTQ+ community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gorbunova_opk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gorbunova_opk.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gorbunova_opk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gorbunova_opk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gorbunova_opk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gorbunova_opk-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(United Transitional Cabinet)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 17, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> All people &#8220;deserve to be who they are without fear of being rejected or abused,&#8221; Volha Harbunova in charge of social policies at the opposition transition cabinet has said on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community because their rights are not special rights, they are human rights that should be guaranteed to everyone without exception,&#8221; the cabinet&#8217;s press office quoted her as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harassment of sexual minorities is a reminder of dark times when ignorance and fear of the unknown ruled societies, she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I want to believe that humanism and enlightenment will eventually transcend stereotypes,&#8221; Harbunova stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 Rainbow Map of sexual minority rights in Europe and Central Asia by the ILGA-Europe non-profit ranked Belarus 45th out of 49 countries. Only Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Russia ranked worse than Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian long-time ruler Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka called homosexual men \u201cperverts\u201d and once famously said, \u201cIt is better to be a dictator than gay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late December 2022, Natalla Ka\u010danava, chair of the upper chamber of the Belarusian National Assembly, suggested following Russia in adopting anti-LGBTQ+ propaganda legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2023 report by the International Committee for the Investigation of Torture in Belarus noted instances of threats and violence against the LGBTQ+ community, based on their looks, belongings and personal correspondence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/raduzhnyj_flag_lgbt_raphael_renter_raphi_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/raduzhnyj_flag_lgbt_raphael_renter_raphi_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/raduzhnyj_flag_lgbt_raphael_renter_raphi_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/raduzhnyj_flag_lgbt_raphael_renter_raphi_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/raduzhnyj_flag_lgbt_raphael_renter_raphi_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/raduzhnyj_flag_lgbt_raphael_renter_raphi_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus European outsider in LGBTI rights<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 15, Pozirk. For the second year in a row, Belarus has ranked 45th of 49 countries included on the 2024 Rainbow Map of sexual minority rights in Europe and Central Asia. Compiled by the ILGA-Europe non-profit, the ranking showed &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/85163\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 17, Pozirk. 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