Author - David Swift | Reading Time - 05 Min | Date - 07/02/2023

A legislator in Kazakhstan has called for the legalisation of homosexuality while asserting that "blood tests for degeneratism" may detect gay persons but the truth is you can also check your Gay Test Online

Tengri News stated that Dauren Babamuratov, the head of the nationalist "Future" or "Bolashak" movement, held a conference on Thursday to advocate for the outlawing of alleged "homosexual propaganda" throughout the nation.

He encouraged the government, while standing in front of a billboard that stated, "Homosexuality is a menace to the nation," to modify the legislation to forbid gay persons from holding public office and serving in the Kazakh army.

Mr. Babamuratov claimed he could recognise gay people because they wore coloured trousers, saying, "We have descended so low that LGBT people no longer disguise their orientation."

took issue with the use of indigenous cultures and faiths to forward a philosophical argument.

“This means they no longer hide their (sexual) orientation,” he continued.

“I think it is very easy to identify a gay person by his or her DNA.

“A blood test can show the presence of degeneratism in a person.”

Dauren Babamuratov speaking in front of a sign reading “homosexuality is a threat to the nation"
Dauren Babamuratov speaking in front of a sign reading “homosexuality is a threat to the nation"
Kazakhstan’s anti-sodomy laws were only dropped in 1998 and the Bolashak movement has complained about difficulty “suppressing activities of the LGBT community” in the former Soviet nation.

Mr Babamuratov said there were around 14 gay clubs and bars in the largest city, Almaty, calling it “the gay capital of Central Asia“, and expressing his outrage at the fact that "open discussion of the issues related to LGBT community is treated by the society as a natural process".

An advertising poster for a club in the city provoked outrage earlier this year when it depicted a gay kiss between the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin and Kazakh composer Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly.

Local politicians and the Secretary of the People’s Communist Party have come out in support of Bolashak’s calls for the illegalisation of homosexuality.

David Cameron with the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
David Cameron with the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev (PA)
Parliament is also changing parts of the country’s Marriage and Family Code, which already bans gay couples from adopting children, to imitate Russia’s anti “gay propaganda” laws.

There have been no pro-gay rallies or pride parades in Kazakhstan, according to activist and journalist Zhanar Sekerbayeva.

“There is no gay 'propaganda' in Kazakhstan, but there is homophobia,” she said.
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