Serbia

LGBTI Rights in Serbia


ADDED ON: 05/12/2023

LGBT Watchdog Chides Balkan, Central Europe Countries for Rights Setbacks

Europe’s leading LGBT rights organisation, ILGA-Europe has criticised Serbia and Turkey for their handling of LGBT community rights in its latest Rainbow Map and Index. The report says the pushbacks LGBT communities are facing…

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ADDED ON: 03/05/2023

Serbia’s LGBTQ groups rally after spate of attacks on gays

Serbia's beleaguered LGBTQ activists on Friday rallied to demand state action following a spate of violence against gays, including a stabbing that injured a young man. The gathering dubbed “Hate kills!” was…

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ADDED ON: 03/04/2023

Serbia’s LGBTQ groups rally after spate of attacks on gays

Serbia's beleaguered LGBTQ activists on Friday rallied to demand state action following a spate of violence against gays, including a stabbing that injured a young man. The gathering dubbed “Hate kills!” was…

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ADDED ON: 03/02/2023

LGBT rights in the Balkans: Assessing two decades of change and nationalist challenges

Some progress has been made on strengthening LGBT rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia over the last two decades, in part due to the requirements of the EU accession process.…

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ADDED ON: 03/01/2023

LGBT rights in the Balkans: Assessing two decades of change and nationalist challenges

After a turbulent post-war period, the three largest countries of the former Yugoslavia – Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia – shifted toward greater democracy and Europeanisation in the early 2000s. All three had…

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ADDED ON: 09/26/2022

Serbia’s Conservatives Seek Textbook Ban Over ‘LGBT Ideology’

BELGRADE -- Staunch religious and political conservatives have teamed up to challenge Serbia's recently revamped school curriculum over descriptions of gender and sexual identity, sparking a formal review that could result in…

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ADDED ON: 09/25/2022

Serbia’s Conservatives Seek Textbook Ban Over ‘LGBT Ideology’

Staunch religious and political conservatives have teamed up to challenge Serbia's recently revamped school curriculum over descriptions of gender and sexual identity, sparking a formal review that could result in a textbook…

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ADDED ON: 09/18/2022

Police and anti-LGBT protesters clash in Belgrade as EuroPride march goes ahead

Serbian riot police clashed with anti-LGBT protesters in the capital Belgrade on September 17, as a last minute government decision allowed the EuroPride march to go ahead. The Serbian authorities had previously…

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ADDED ON: 09/17/2022

Despite ban and protests, LGBTQ organizers move forward with EuroPride march in Serbia

Organizers of European LGBTQ events in Belgrade this week said Friday they will hold a planned Pride march on the streets of the Serbian capital despite a police ban and threats from…

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ADDED ON: 09/15/2022

Serbian pride officially banned after threats

The EuroPride was launched on September 12. Its opening passed without incidents, RFERL reports. However, on Tuesday, the Serbian authorities officially banned the event. The Pride Parade, scheduled for Saturday, is also…

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ADDED ON: 09/07/2022

Belgrade Pride vows EuroPride will happen despite threats of violence

EuroPride, a pan-European Pride festival that takes place in a different city every year, is scheduled to take place in Belgrade, Serbia, from September 12 – 18. But plenty of locals, including…

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ADDED ON: 08/29/2022

Protesters march in Belgrade against planned gay Pride event

BELGRADE, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Thousands of religious and right-wing opponents of a European gay Pride event to be hosted by Belgrade protested through the Serbian capital on Sunday, even though the…

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