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Minsk Pride
Minsk Pride — gay pride in Minsk (Belarus). This is a festival in support of tolerance for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Belarus. Belarus Gay Pride 1999 The first Belarusian Pride Festival “Belarus Gay Pride” was held in Minsk from 6 to 9 September 1999. “Belarus Gay Pride” 1999 was organized by the Belarusian League for Sexual Equality “Lambda” and the magazine for gays and lesbians “Forum Lambda”. The festival programme included a seminar for journalists on "Lesbians and gay men in the media", conference on the rights of gays and lesbians in Belarus and in the world, the exhibition of photographs and films taken homosexuals, competition “Mr. Gay Belarus” and competition “Transmission”. During one of parties in the club burst the raided by riot police and frisked the contestants “Transmission”. In the events of “Belarus Gay Pride” was attended by about 500 people. Belarus Gay Pride 2000 In the period from 7 to 10 Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region (voblast) and Minsk District (raion). As of January 2021, its population was 2 million, making Minsk the 11th most populous city in Europe. Minsk is one of the administrative capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). First documented in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk before being annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1242. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was the capital of the Minsk Voivodeship, an administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of a region annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919 to 1991, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBT Human Rights Project "GayBelarus"
The Belarusian LGBT Human Rights Project GayBelarus is a national youth civic association. They operate the Jáhada ( be, Ягада, literally ''Berry'') positive queer infoportal (пазітыўны квір. інфапартал). The association was founded on 18 January 2009 with the goal of providing necessary aid and support for lesbians, gays, bisexuals Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whic ..., and transgender people (hereinafter called LGBT) and their families and friends. Annually, "GayBelarus" carries out the human rights forum "Minsk Pride" , national LGBT conferences, regularly reports to international organisations on the state of LGBT issues in Belarus, submits information for the alternative Universal Periodic Review at UN, and initiates strategic lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
