Study of the level of tolerance towards LGBT commumity in Kazakhstan
In January 2016, Youth Public Association AS “AKTIV” (from Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan) released the results of their research titled, “Study of The Level of Tolerance towards LGBT-community in Kazakhstan.” This research caused a public response from Kazakhstan’s mass media. It became the source of numerous, mostly negative, articles of countless online-media and print media. In addition, the members of the research group that included Sergey Astafyev (The Chairman of The Board of AS “AKTIV”), Sergey Troyeglazov and two more member of the organization, started to receive criticism and threats. The following is a summary of the report. CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND In 2014, the lower house of Kazakhstan’s parliament initiated the bill " Gay Propaganda Prohibition among Minors ." This law was modeled after the Russian anti-gay law that was adopted June 11, 2013. Meanwhile (in 2014) in Ust-Kamenogorsk, the anti-gay organization “Okkupay-Pedofilyay” started becoming active....