Hundreds of gay and lbian activists and supporters marched through Sarajevo as the Bosnian pal hosted s first LGBT "pri" para.
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- BOSNIA TO HOST ITS FIRST GAY-PRI MARCH IN SEPTEMBER
- BOSNIANS MARCH FIRST GAY PRI UNR TIGHT POLICE PROTECTN
- CROWDS TAKE PART SARAJEVO'S GAY PRI PARA
- GAY PRI PARA SARAJEVO: A VICTORY FOR BURECRATIC ISLAM
BOSNIA TO HOST ITS FIRST GAY-PRI MARCH IN SEPTEMBER
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SARAJEVO -- Hundreds of gay and lbian activists and supporters marched through Sarajevo as the Bosnian pal hosted s first LGBT "pri" para. Sarajevo has tried to hold LGBT events the past, cludg a film ftival 2014, but those were dispted by gay-rights opponents. Ambassador Eric Nelson, who is openly gay, said on September 8 that "I am marchg today wh my lleagu om the EU and Swzerland -- all untri that stand for equal rights for everyone, and that's what Bosnians and Herzeians want their future, so let's thk about how to create that.
Ahead of the event, leaflets appeared around Sarajevo showg a doctored photo of Nelson ont of a rabow flag, sayg "Gay is not OK" red letterg. EventMembers of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ) muny will hold a Pri para Sarajevo 12:00-13:00 Aug.
The first-ever gay pri para Bosnia-Herzea took place s pal, Sarajevo, on September 8. Bosnia’s first-ever gay-pri para will take place September the pal, Sarajevo, and will gather members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) muny om all over the untry, activists and anizers say.
BOSNIANS MARCH FIRST GAY PRI UNR TIGHT POLICE PROTECTN
The first-ever gay pri para Bosnia-Herzea took place s pal, Sarajevo, on September 8. More than 1,000 participants were joed by ambassadors of several untri. A prott agast the event took place a day earlier. * gay parada sarajevo *
Bosnia's law generally bans any discrimatn but do not regnize rights for gay upl.
CROWDS TAKE PART SARAJEVO'S GAY PRI PARA
Bosnia’s first-ever Gay Pri para will take place September the pal, Sarajevo, and will gather members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex (LGBTI) muny om all over the untry, activists and anizers say. * gay parada sarajevo *
In 2008 and 2014 hooligans and radil Islamists attacked participants of events Sarajevo that sought to support the homosexual muny. Maly Mlim Kosovo held s first gay-pri march October 2017 -- wh the participatn of Print Hashim Thaci.
In 2008, eight people cludg a police officer were jured at the Queer Sarajevo Ftival when unter-prottors attacked ftival-goers, while 2014 the cy’s Merlka Queer Film Ftival was stormed by a dozen masked men who shouted homophobic abe, jured three people and clared “there will be no Pri para Sarajevo”. Posters pictg Nelson, who is gay, along wh the slogan ‘gay is not OK’ appeared the Sarajevo suburb of Dobrja near a US universy on om the event showed Mr Nelson amongst the crowd flanked by pla cloth secury personnel.
SARAJEVO (Rters) - Several thoand people marched Bosnia’s first Gay Pri on Sunday, protected by a major secury operatn cludg anti-sniper uns after some nservative Mlim groups anized para the pal Sarajevo end peacefully spe fears of vlence prompted by aggrsive hate speech onle a untry where anti-gay sentiment n often be heard public.
GAY PRI PARA SARAJEVO: A VICTORY FOR BURECRATIC ISLAM
Several thoand people marched Bosnia's first Gay Pri on Sunday, protected by a major secury operatn cludg anti-sniper uns after some nservative Mlim groups anized unter-ralli. * gay parada sarajevo *
S Ambassador to Bosnia, who is gay, joed the march support of LGBT people.
“We, LGBTIQ persons, fight every day for our existence, inty and love, ” said Branko Culibrk, an anizer, addg that passivy of stutns Bosnia, where discrimatn agast mory groups is legally banned, had enuraged vlence om homophobic groups.