Petrol bombs and ston were thrown at police protectg a gay pri march Sunday Belgra, the pal of Serbia, an terr mistry reprentative told CNN.
Contents:
- THOANDS MARCH BELGRA AGAST PLANNED GAY PRI PARA
- PROTTERS MARCH BELGRA AGAST PLANNED GAY PRI EVENT
- SERBIA PRI: GAY PM BRNABIC 'NOT WANTED' AT PARA
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- SERBIA GAY PRI MARCH ATTACKED WH BOMBS, STON
THOANDS MARCH BELGRA AGAST PLANNED GAY PRI PARA
Thoands of relig and right-wg activists marched through Serbia's pal on Sunday llg for thori to ban a Gay Pri march planned for next weekend. * serbia gay pride *
REUTERS/Zorana JevticBELGRADE, Sept 11 (Rters) - Thoands of relig and right-wg activists marched through Serbia's pal on Sunday llg for thori to ban a Gay Pri march planned for next protters - who rried a massive Serbian flag - clud groups who also shouted slogans backg Serbia's long-term ally Rsia, as well as natnalistic and far-right .
”A gay activist Belgra is attacked durg the cy’s first Pri march June 2001. The rt of Serbia is as homophobic as ever. Gara, who was there, rells that Belgra “looked like a war zone” anti-gay protter objectg to Belgra Pri 2019.
PROTTERS MARCH BELGRA AGAST PLANNED GAY PRI EVENT
Thoands of relig and right-wg opponents of a European gay Pri event to be hosted by Belgra protted through the Serbian pal on Sunday, even though the ernment has said would scrap or lay the Pri event. * serbia gay pride *
Vučić, a former far-right radil, beme prime mister that year after moratg his polics and wng the support of EU 2017, Vučić even appoted the gay polician Ana Brnabić as his prime misterial replacement when he beme print. “Over 85% of Serbian cizens are agast the promotn of homosexualism and Pri, that’s the issue here, ” said Andrej Mic, Dveri’s d-mannered ternatnal secretary. ”Mic said that Dveri members were not agast human rights or anti-discrimatn laws protectg LGBTQ+ dividuals the workplace, for example, but that they opposed “the promotn of iologil homosexualism” that Pri reprented.
BELGRADE, Aug 28 (Rters) - Thoands of relig and right-wg opponents of a European gay Pri event to be hosted by Belgra protted through the Serbian pal on Sunday, even though the ernment has said would scrap or lay the Pri event. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe annual gay pri event was to take place September Belgra. Print Aleksandar Vucic said the timg was bad, cg “numero problems” currently affectg the Ltner/RtersPrint Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia announced on Saturday that he would not perm EuroPri, an annual weeklong gay pri event, to take place next month his untry’s pal, Belgra, shockg the event’s anizers, who nounced the cisn and vowed to go ahead Vucic, spe notg that he was “not happy” about the cisn, said that was not the right time to host the event.
He ced several reasons, cludg tensns wh Kosovo, enomic problems and ncerns that anti-gay protters uld dispt the ftivi. Vladimir Zivojovic for The New York TimBelgra’s bid to host EuroPri had been supported by Serbia’s prime mister, Ana Brnabic, who is the first woman and first openly gay person to hold that posn the Vucic, who won re-electn April, nfirmed his news nference on Saturday that Ms.
SERBIA PRI: GAY PM BRNABIC 'NOT WANTED' AT PARA
The annual gay pri event was to take place September Belgra. Print Aleksandar Vucic said the timg was bad, cg “numero problems” currently affectg the untry. * serbia gay pride *
Holdg rabow flags, hundreds of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer activists and their supporters marched through a central Belgra area that was sealed off by police who put up metal fenc and stood full rt gear. EuroPri promot lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex pri at the pan-European level and is hosted by a different European cy each year. Sava Belgra on Augt 28 to prott a gay pri event.
Belgra's bid to host the event was supported by Prime Mister Ana Brnabic, who is the first woman and first openly gay person to hold that posn Serbia. Brnabic has been acced by Serbia’s gay rights groups of not dog enough to help their stat the untry. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Ana Brnabic is the first gay head of ernment a Balkan untryIt's the only Balkan untry to have an openly gay prime mister - so why are some of Serbia's LGBT activists termed to keep PM Ana Brnabic away om Gay Pri?
But one year on, progrs is snt: LGBT rights have not improved, new laws are still far om beg adopted and there has been no fall the number of attacks on gay largely nservative Orthodox Christian Serbia, a ndidate for EU membership, discrimatn and vlence agast the LGBT muny are wispread. Two gay Pris, one gay PM and no end to problemsAhead of 2018 Pri, a group of activists disappoted wh the slow pace of reforms lnched a mpaign lled "Say no".
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world. * serbia gay pride *
Ms Brnabic is the ma foc of their mpaign, bee her "work on strengtheng LGBT rights has been disappotg, " said a statement om the anisatn behd the mpaign, source, Getty ImagImage ptn, The first peaceful Belgra Pri happened 2014, but anti-gay protters also took to the streetsSpeakg at the 2017 para, Ms Brnabic said that LGBT rights would be addrsed only after important problems such as flatn, pensns and the standard of livg had been rolved.
Unhappy wh the efforts of other gay activists, Mr Azjkovic started another para June. Its goal is to "brg the gay march back to ordary people and away om policians". "They say: 'You have a gay prime mister, two paras, you should be ntent'.
For Serbia's LGBT muny, everyday life is still marred by wispread homophobia: a survey by the regnal ERA anisatn showed that every fifth gay uple Belgra gets rejected when tryg to rent a suatn is even gloomier outsi the pal, activists ernment has adopted the Law agast Discrimatn but s rarely e to jtice. Another survey done by ERA showed that 90% of people Serbia are agast givg LGBT upl the right to adopt, while about 70% are agast gay upl herg a partner's belonggs after ath. Same-sex marriage is still illegal historyImage source, AFPImage ptn, Around 100 people were jured when anti-gay protters clashed wh police durg Belgra Pri 2010Serbia's first Pri para 2001 end vlence when hundreds of hooligans and extremists attacked a peaceful march spe a heavy police 2010, about 100 people were jured when that year's march was also attacked central Belgra.
SERBIA GAY PRI MARCH ATTACKED WH BOMBS, STON
"Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, For Serbia's LGBT muny, everyday life is still marred by wi-spread homophobiaTalkg to Belgra's Pri magaze, Ms Brnabic said that not supportg the gay march would be hypocril.
"Policians have to be part of the para and send the msage that 'gay is ok', " Mr Miletic told the BBC. On Augt 27, Print Aleksandar Vucic announced that the ernment is ncellg EuroPri, a regnal event promotg equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people that Serbia was poised to host om September 12 to 18, wh a march on September 17.
In rejectg the Rsian ernment's argument, the urt reerated that there is “no ambiguy” about “the right of dividuals to openly intify themselv as gay, lbian or any other sexual mory, and to promote their rights and eedoms, particular by exercisg their eedom of peaceful assembly. Latvia swore the first openly gay print of a Baltic natn Rkēvičs, who sce 2011 was the untry’s foreign mister, was elected by Parliament May after Print Egils Levs did not seek re-electn. ”Rkēvičs “proudly” announced he is gay on Twter November 2014, though the untry, a former Soviet republic, is not pecially LGBTQ-clive.