- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- Ambiguous
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
Question: "On this list are various groups of people. Could you please mention any that you would not like to have as neighbors?"
Justifiability of homosexuality
Question: "Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between."
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents
Question: "Homosexual couples are as good parents as other couples"
Support for same-sex marriage in Central and Eastern Europe
Question: "Do you strongly favor, favor, oppose, or strongly oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally?"
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2016, Eastern/Central Europe)
Question: "Please tell me whether the FIRST statement or the SECOND statement is most similar to your point of view–even if it does not precisely match your opinion. 1 Homosexuality should be accepted by society OR 2 Homosexuality should not be accepted by society"
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People
Question: "Is the city or area where you live a good place or not a good place for homosexuals?"
By The Numbers
History
Homosexual activity in Belarus is legal.
Since Mar 1, 1994
Same-sex marriage in Belarus is unrecognized.
Since Nov 26, 1996
Until Jan 1, 2015
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Belarus is no censorship.
Right to change legal gender in Belarus is legal, surgery not required.
In Belarus, such permission shall issue a specially created interdepartmental commission on medical, psychological and social rehabilitation of persons with the syndrome of denial of sex. It is composed of 15 experts of the ministries of Health, Defense, Interior, Justice, Education. The Commission refers the patient to a mental health and psycho-sexological examination. A year later, after a thorough examination by psychiatrists, sexologists, urologists, gynecologists, endocrinologists and geneticists, the board makes a decision - to change this person or not the floor.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Belarus is unknown.
LGBT discrimination in Belarus is no protections.
Since Aug 25, 1991
LGBT housing discrimination in Belarus is ambiguous.
Since Aug 25, 1991
Same-sex adoption in Belarus is illegal.
Serving openly in military in Belarus is don't ask, don't tell.
Blood donations by MSMs in Belarus is legal.
Conversion therapy in Belarus is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Belarus is equal.