Minsk, on the night of August 23-24 well-known Belarusian LGBT activist Maxim Tsar'kov was beaten up becouse of his sexual orientation.
"That night I and three of my friends use to visit night club HALL. We danced and had fun, but after the mid-night few guys came to us and begun to make mass of insults, most of appeared insults were done because of our sexual orientation." Maxim Tsar'kov sad. "I do not deny and didn't deny that I am - gay. We asked security for the assistance and they thrown these homophobic guys out."
"In some time we decide to leave club and take a taxi back home. When I went out of cab I saw these guys again and recognize that they followed me all this time."
One of them shouted "So what fag? You need to answer for your actions". After he break down empty beer bottle and threw it in my face and run away.
"I went to the apartment, called for emergency. I was taken to the 11th Hospital Surgery, where doctor did 18 seams on my face."
At the end Maxim Tsar'kov said "I do not regret that I came out to the aggressors in my sexual orientation. I will continue to be open gay in this country and will take a risk to life and health".

Pride.by