Andrei Zavalei

Andrei Zavalei is an LGBTQI+ activist and theatre producer. For the last 9 years Andrei has been involved in community building, increasing visibility and empowerment projects for the LGBTQI+ community. At the moment Andrei is mostly focused on raising awareness about homophobic and transphobic hate crimes, as well as independent theatre in Belarus. Andrei is author of the Pidor Manifesto – a document and art object on the topic of self-awareness, following the strategy of reclaiming and reappropriation of hate speech. Andrei is a coordinator of the Campaign Against Homophobia and manager of HUNCHtheatre Belarus.