Brestskaya voblasts is governed by federal Belarus law. Learn more
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Brestskaya voblasts is legal.
Current status
Since Mar 1, 1994
Legal
Only form of homosexuality that is illegal is non-consensual homosexual intercourse
Same-sex marriage in Brestskaya voblasts is banned.
Current status
Since Nov 26, 1996
Banned
Article 32 of the Constitution of Belarus defines marriage to be exclusively between a man and woman.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Brestskaya voblasts is state-enforced.
Current status
State-enforced
No laws restricting but Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian rule has similar legislation to Putin’s Russia
Right to change legal gender in Brestskaya voblasts is legal, but requires medical diagnosis.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2004
Legal, but requires medical diagnosis
Permit for the operation by which a man's body changed to female or vice versa, get about four a year.
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.
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.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Brestskaya voblasts is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Belarus does not recognize non-binary gender identities and it is not likely to recognize them in the near future.
LGBT discrimination in Brestskaya voblasts is no protections.
Current status
Since Aug 25, 1991
No protections
Even though article 22 states all citizens are equal, sexual orientations and gender identities are not included in the forms of discriminations covered.
LGBT housing discrimination in Brestskaya voblasts is no protections.
Current status
Since Aug 25, 1991
No protections
No protection
Same-sex adoption in Brestskaya voblasts is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Adoption of children by same-sex couples are not spelled out in the legislation, however, when considering an application for adoption, homosexuality is considered a ground for refusal.
Serving openly in military in Brestskaya voblasts is don't ask, don't tell.
Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Open homosexuals can not serve in the armed forces. When injected into the army, homosexuals may be victims of violence from colleagues. The Constitution and laws do not restrict the service of homosexuals in the military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Brestskaya voblasts is legal.
Current status
Legal
No particular limitation for homosexuals. All the procedures and requirements are the same for all donors.
Conversion therapy in Brestskaya voblasts is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Unknown.
Equal age of consent in Brestskaya voblasts is equal.
Current status
Since Mar 1, 1994
Equal
The age of consent in Belarus is 16 years, as stated in Articles 168 and 169, which read: "Sexual intercourse, sodomy, lesbian intercourse or other sexual acts committed by adults who have reached eighteen years of age, with a person who is obviously not reached sixteen years of age, with no signs of crimes envisaged by Articles 166 and 167 of this Code, shall be punished by restriction of liberty from two to four years, or imprisonment for a term of two to five years. "and" indecent assault, committed by a person under eighteen years of age, in relation to a person who obviously has not attained the age of sixteen, in the absence of evidence of the crimes stipulated in Articles 166, 167 and 168 of this Code, shall be punished by imprisonment for up to six months or imprisonment for a term of one to three years "
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Alternative names: Bierascie, Brest-Litovsk, Brestskaja Oblastʿ, Brestskaja Voblastsʿ, Brestskaya Oblastʿ, Brestskaya Voblastsʿ, Brisk, Brześć nad Bugiem, Brześć-Litewski