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The Queer Cafe: Hear Our Voices from the Balkans

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]About the Queer Cafe Join us for this free short performance of The Queer Cafe: Hear Our Voices from the Balkans  on Thursday September 12 from 4-6 pm and Saturday September 14 from 8-9 pm at the Pride Info Centre (Kralja Milana 20, Beograd).  Conceived by noted U.S. theatre artist and social activist Joan Lipkin and […]readmore

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Law on same-sex marriage without support in the Parliament of

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Homosexual couples will still not be able to marry in Montenegro, since the Sexual Partnership Law on Persons of the Same Sex has not received the required majority in parliament, although it has been proposed by the Government.  Members of minority parties were against the law.  Montenegrin non-governmental organizations estimated that the failure to […]readmore

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On September 15th I am walking for my family!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We usually say that parental love is unconditional. But, to be honest, to whom do we place more conditions than our children? Who do we expect most from than our own children? But, sooner or later, we face them and see that our children have become humans and that they may have completely different […]readmore

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Announcement on the murder of activist Yelena Grigoryeva

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On July 25, from 12 to 1 pm, the undersigned organizations organize a protest “Remembering Yelena Grigorieva”, in front of the Russian Embassy in Belgrade.  Russian activist Yelena Grigoryeve was killed on July 21 this year near her home in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. She was killed by being strangled to death, […]readmore

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Why (don’t) we measure sexual orientation?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sexual orientations other than heterosexual have long been observed and noted. However, we have been talking about how we know, or how we determine, who are different sexually oriented people for just over half a century.  The first known “measurement” of sexual orientation was made by American researcher Alfred Kinsey in the mid-20th century. […]readmore

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Transition in Serbia

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The transition is different for all trans people who have been through it. It may include all or just some of the following steps: outing, name change, gender reassignment in ID, hormone therapy, surgeries, etc.  As we can see, some of the steps are social, some legal, some of medical nature. Ideally, all of […]readmore

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Belgrade Pride Submits Bid for EuroPride 2022

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Belgrade Pride has officially submitted its bid to host EuroPride 2022.  It delivered a bid book to the European Pride Organisers Association (EPOA) outlining the history of the organisation, a summary of LGBTI+ life in Serbia, Belgrade as a mesmerising tourist destination and, crucially, the key arguments for hosting EuroPride in the Western Balkans. […]readmore

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Belgrade Pride Theatre Festival to launch during Pride Week 2019

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Belgrade Pride is organizing the first LGBT+ themed theatre festival during Pride Week, which will be held from September  10thto September 14th 2019. Conceived by Belgrade Pride’s member organisation, Heartefact, as an annual event with the aim to raise the visibility of the LGBT+ community, the festival explores the various aspects of the LGBT+ […]readmore