The fact that a small group of LGBT supporters joed a Women's Day march Bishkek has unleashed a storm of anger, wh one lawmaker warng agast turng Kyrgyzstan to "Gayistan."
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RABOW RAGE: KYRGYZ RAIL AGAST LGBT COMMUNY AFTER CENTRAL ASIA'S 'FIRST' GAY-PRI MARCH
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Acrdg to a report by Labrys, an LGBT anizatn, there was a 300 percent crease vlent attacks agast Bishkek’s gay muny followg the troductn of the proposed legislatn. The stori clu the shuttg down of gay clubs, crashg private parti by patrtic groups, beatgs and sexual vlence. For example, November 2018 a bisexual man was beaten several tim and one of his attackers rved the word “gay” to his stomach.
In such a homophobic atmosphere, even mted LGBT activists have admted to feelg powerls and unwillg to keep standg up for their suatn Tajikistan is hardly better than Kyrgyzstan. ” Moreover, some Tajik psychiatrists still believe that homosexualy is pathologil ndn that n be treated. A few months ago, Masskva was beaten Mosw by his fellow untrymen who acced him of beg gay and brgg shame to the Tajik LGBT climate Kazakhstan is better than the rt of Central Asia, but vlence and discrimatn still exist.
Kazakhstan’s Mistry of Defense classifi homosexualy as a “mental disorr” and bans gays om performg ary service. In 2015, Kazakhstan nearly adopted a “gay propaganda” law as well, but the Constutnal Council overled . In Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, as one of the remag legaci of the Soviet Unn, homosexualy is still officially illegal.