LGBT representatives join protests in Minsk

LGBT representatives at protests in Minsk. Photo: a screenshot / NEXTA Live

LGBT representatives at protests in Minsk. Photo: a screenshot / NEXTA Live

Last weekend, flags of the LGBT community appeared among the protesters in the capital of Belarus, which got into the lenses of video cameras.

A video showing LGBT people kissing under a banner “We are the People, We are against the Dictatorship” during a protest rally in Minsk was published by the telegram channel NEXTA Live with an audience of over 2 million subscribers.

"The LGBT community has also joined the protests in Minsk!" reports the channel, the authors of which became one of the main coordinators of the protest movement in Belarus.

As reported, the Primate of the Belarusian Orthodox Church called for common prayer for Belarus until peace and tranquillity restore in the country.

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