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I recorded this story back in June 2020: my friend Kolya and I were walking around Minsk, sat down on the parapet next to the building at

I was in my last year of university. I understood that, most likely, I would have to serve in the army. I fit medical requirements. I was

PART I. THE DARK All the names have been changed beyond recognition. All feelings are made up. All memories are false. The images are

and I will tell you about it, whether you want it or not

Alice, a coordinator of a trans activist initiative TG House, told us about the lives of transgender people in Belarus a year after the

I interviewed three Belarusian queer artists and talked to them about art, identity and life in Belarus here and now. Because visibility is

The documentary of Bart Staszewski and Nick Antipov

This text is about the repression against LGBTQ activism in Belarus in 2012-2013. After the second attempt to register the organization

Activism can't provide everything at the same time: be it support, narcissistic comfort, a sense of meaning, pleasure, etc. As in a case of

Fear of hospitalization, closed borders and not being able to bring medicine from abroad… Alisa, a member of the "TG House" initiative,

When I come to a queer party, I try to find myself in a space free from both prejudice and stereotypes, but, surprisingly, the breath of

The process of writing is very therapeutic to me. I want to write out my prison experience. To document it, to free myself of it, and move

Not everyone remembers their childhood with gratitude and nostalgia. To many people their relationship with parents is a story of trauma

“Kiss me everywhere, I’m already eighteen”, went one of my childhood’s popular songs. The philosophy of legal adulthood that applies to

Modern culture subjects men’s as well as women’s appearance to analysis, control and careful scrutiny. While the “making” of a woman’s body

Transition is unique for every t* person. Some people only want hormone therapy, others require a legal name and/or gender marker change,

The responses of psychologists and journalists working for the №1 newspaper for adolescents “Perehodnoi Vozrast” (The coming of age)

What is masculinity, why do violence and homophobia matter for “real” men, how does the patriarchal idea of men influence society as a

On being in harmony with oneself, one the beauty of the human body and on the differences between being asexual and selling out your soul.

The legendary club Babylon was one of the most glamorous venues is Minsk, loved by both homosexual and straight public. Youngsters under 18

Does the place where you live influence the level of privacy in your life? Does living in the capital provide greater freedom in revealing

Why has the first Belarusian pride parade remained the best attended one? What is the problem with registered organizations and how can

When people speak of a romantic union, they call it a couple or a family, the latter also implying two partners. We rarely stop to think

Are there indeed such things as the “traditional family”, “traditional sex” and “traditional love”?

Mass media take part directly in constructing gender alongside such traditional agents of socialisation as family, the education system and

One out of four comments under the article titled “Peculiarities of Belarusian Tolerance” contains hate speech. It came out on TUT.BY,

Belarus is the first post-Soviet country to have organized a series of protests in support of LGBTQ human rights. This article will

What did the Panikoūka mean to its frequenters? What did they hope to find here? What made them come here every day on the clock like it

Since 1981, all across the world, November 25th has been celebrated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

TemaVIDOS is a creative team that, according to the members, produces “parody, absurdity, slapstick, freak show, and a little bit of

The idea of body positivity is being actively explored on the Interent today. In social networks and blogs, people share their stories and

It may seem that transgender women are included in several communities that fight for their rights: feminism and LGBTQ (which also means

On December, 9, 2014 the Minsk City Court considered a cassation appeal in Mikhail Pishchevsky’s battery case. Psychologist Polina Linnik

At the L Party, apart from dancing and having drinking one could watch a movie and listen to live music. The L Party organiser tells us why

“Even by taxi it still would take long to get there. It was a no-nonsense bar. No censorship. No glamour. Big things happened there — harsh