"The brutality that fell on sexual diversity in 2001 can perhaps be called a disgusting incident. The brutality that has been applied to parts of rebellious society, including minority communities, in the last two years has become a phenomenon," Danica Vučenić, this year's godmother of Pride, told Vreme.
With the banner "For the family" at the head of the column, the participants of the Pride Parade in Belgrade were guarded by the police and a group of citizens with lanterns
This year's walk of the LGBT community in Belgrade as part of Pride Week on Saturday, September 6 will be different from the previous ones, just like the entire Belgrade Pride. Because there is no reason for any celebration
A few days after Viktor Orbán said that the LGBT community is not wasting time preparing the march, the Hungarian government announced an official decision - there will be no Pride in Budapest this year.
Due to the marathon and the Pride Parade, traffic in Belgrade is expected to be somewhat chaotic today. Which streets will be closed and which GSP lines are changing their route
The director of Belgrade Pride, Goran Miletić, said that the goal is to send a message at the Pride Parade on September 7 that members of the LGBT community are citizens, just like everyone else.
The week of pride in Kosovo started on June 3, and during the week numerous accompanying manifestations were held
According to the organizers' estimate, between 10.000 and 15.000 people participated in the walk in Belgrade on Saturday. And yet, members of the LGBT community in Serbia are not even close to realizing their human rights
We did not discuss whether we will support this year's Pride under the brand "Serbia against violence", but I know that some of us will definitely support it because it is, above all, our obligation," says Pavle Grbović, MP and president of the Movement of Free Citizens for "Vremena" portal
"Considering that the Pride info center was vandalized 18 times, and none of the perpetrators were punished for it, Belgrade Pride decided to prevent the hooligans." It is also an opportunity for the slogan of Pride 2023 'We are not even close' to reach as much of the public as possible", the announcement states.
Goran Miletić believes that the city government is not in the mood to confirm the Pride Parade even though it was scheduled for September 9 last year. Aleksandar Šapić told his fellow citizens to come to the Belgrade Family Festival, which, he said, would be a real pride parade.
Stonewall was a safe house for all the poor, marginalized people rejected by family and friends, who could not afford to enter the more exclusive LGBT gathering places. Apart from Stonewall, they really had nothing else to lose. And then, at the end of June 1969, the police came to take that away from them as well, wrote "Vreme" in issue 1135
The presence of the progressive state in the media through the guise of private companies is sad, the content of tabloids close to the authorities spills over into the streets, there are rare oases of free journalism, spitting on N1 comes to him as a good practice in the progressive camp, RTS is obviously under pressure, and the war in Ukraine has accelerated resolving the Kosovo knot
It is believed that at least 3000 police officers are directly in charge of securing today's walk, which begins at 17 p.m. in front of the Constitutional Court to Tašmajdanski Park. Aleksandar Vulin said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs once again warns everyone that no violence will be tolerated on the streets of Belgrade and that the law will be strictly enforced.
The walk as part of Europride still received security guarantees from the Government. In the very finish, Vučić accepted what he should have accepted from the first day. It's like that every time he calls out to him
On Saturday, traffic will be closed in almost all central streets throughout the day due to permitted and prohibited events in Belgrade. Unstable weather with precipitation is expected
"We condemn all acts of violence, harassment, stigmatization and discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or sexual characteristics"
It is not a question of whether there will be Pride, arrests and violence on Saturday. The real question is - what's next? Abortion ban? Abolishing the theory of evolution in schools? It is obvious that there is enough political will in Serbia to meet such demands. It is enough just for the stoners to take a walk
The idea of the President of Serbia is to have the participants of Pride and Litija clash for the sake of saving Serbia, so while the people are having fun with that, to borrow another billion or make another breakthrough in Kosovo
Homophobes, regime agitators, right-wingers and other "traditionalists" turned up, with the blessing of the church, for the two-hour walk of those who in Balkan society are forced to ask themselves "why they are less valuable". For them, a free walk in the city is a dream of some fairer times
Up until now, the Ministry of the Interior has always announced the ban on Pride, which makes sense because it approves public gatherings or assesses them as high-risk. Now the entire Government has spoken, and that's technical
The NADA coalition (New DSS, POKS and 25 citizens' associations) asked the Government of Serbia on Monday to cancel the holding of Europride in Belgrade, which was announced for mid-September, because it is a "great shame" for Serbia.
To talk about homosexuality and homosexuals and their contribution to Western culture and art is to reveal a hole in the pot. But here, it seems, someone has buried the hole
