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Intro to Gay Belgrade

Getting the chance to spend a month and a half in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, happened by pure chance for us. I was speaking with an old buddy on WhatsApp, who had just moved back to Belgrade (her birthplace before the wartime era that transpired in the s and s) from Berlin and jokingly asked her if she had a smooth to rent, as I had been curious about the city and territory for many years.

Long story short, she rented us her flat, as her mother's was also free, and we were on a flight to Belgrade.

Is Belgrade a good metropolis to visit?

It doesn't take long to fall in romance with Belgrade. Despite its tumultuous past (including being emotionally attached in multiple wars since I was born in ), the city feels like it has revived itself and is going through its golden era. There is plenty of life pulsating through its streets, with hip cafés and restaurants everywhere, boats scattering the Sava River and Danube River containing stylish craft beer breweries, lush parks, and museums/theaters/arts galore.

As it is much smaller than other capital cities favor Londo

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What are the reactions of the Serbian LGBTIQ community to the cancellation? Are people appalled, or do they resign because discriminatory behaviour on the part of the government has become a habit?

The reaction of the organizers of EuroPride was decisive and responsible – the President of the Republic cannot cancel EuroPride because he did not even organize it. The Pride parade can only be banned not by a verbal decree of the President, but by a decision of the Ministry of the Interior. Organizations and supporters have stated firmly and unequivocally that the step will take place, regardless of the decision of the authorities. I consider this is valiant and the right decision – because this will construct the EuroPride a real protest, not just a ceremonial walk.

Are there ways and means to support the Serbian LGBTIQ community in its struggle for equal rights and social participation from within the EU and its member states?

The European Union and its member states should exert as much pressure a

One of my first encounters with the concept of other sexualities was when, as kid visiting my grandmother`s tiny summer house in Montenegro I was walking around the yard and pointed to a far-away house on a land neighbouring ours and asked who lived there.

„That was cousin M.`s house…“ she said, somewhat darkly, unlike her eager explanations of who else lived in the 20km radius.

As the date went on and I pestered my grandma and other relatives for some family history , it was revealed that cousin M. was gay (a „peder“) and spent most of his professional life as a clerk of some sort in Belgrade (where he had relationships with local University proferssors) only to give back to this village by Nikšić and spend his last days as an unmarried village alcoholic. That side of my family rarely lets on anything more about M. which is hardly surprising: my grandma was known for having strained relationships with many of her family, especially when they were neighbours, and then, there is the local culture. Another story that I heard, albeit much later, about the local attitude towards b

Serbia Pride: Gay PM Brnabic 'not wanted' at parade

Slobodan Maricic & Petra Zivic

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It's the only Balkan region to have an openly gay prime minister - so why are some of Serbia's LGBT activists determined to keep PM Ana Brnabic away from Gay Pride?

When Ms Brnabic was appointed last year, hopes were upper in the LGBT community: not only was she the first woman to head the Serbian cabinet, she was also the first LGBT politician to hold such elevated office in the Balkans.

She marched in the Pride parade in Belgrade, surrounded by posters reading "Ana is here," and took selfies with dozens of people.

But one year on, progress is scant: LGBT rights have not improved, new laws are still far from being adopted and there has been no collapse in the number of attacks on gay people.

In largely conservative Orthodox Christian Serbia, a candidate for EU membership, discrimination and violence against the LGBT community are widespread.

Two gay Prides, one gay PM and no cease to problems