Belgrade, 09.09.2012

In the night between September 7 and 8, 2012, in the park on Fruskogorska Street in Belgrade, a young gay man V.M. (25) was beaten by several attackers. The attack took place around 1.30 a.m., and the beaten man, who police found in a semiconscious state, was transported by ambulance to the Emergency Center, where he was diagnosed with several severe bodily injuries, head contusion, neck sprain, cracks on the lower jaw teeth, several bruises, hematoma, face abrasions, etc. The police was called by V.D. (23) who was together with V.M., and who was also attacked but was able to escape and inform them.

Belgrade, 06.07.2012.

Litigation Service of Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) received today the first-instance verdict of the First Basic Court in Belgrade which upheld GSA’s suit and established discriminatory behaviour and severe form of discrimination of the LGBT population on the part of the defendant Nebojša Bakarec, Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) official and assemblyman in the Belgrade City Assembly. Judge Tatjana Lemajić gave the verdict on the basis of articles 11, 12, 13 and 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Law, and furthermore, she prohibited Bakarec from committing further discrimination, as well as to cover GSA’s court expenses.

“Together for LGBT Equality” in Belgrade

Belgrade, 26.06.2012

Belgrade, 21.06.2012

Gay Straight Alliance (GSA; Alliance) informs the public that by decision of the Kragujevac City Government and the Security Council of the city of Kragujevac a performance „Demonstration of the cardboard LGBT dolls“, organized by GSA and four other partner associations, that was suppose to take place today in Kragujevac, was banned. The performance is a part of the project „Together for LGBT equality“.

The project “Together for LGBT Equality“ brings together five non-governmental organisations that deal with different fields of human and LGBT rights in Serbia, and they are: Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) as the project coordinator, Gay Lesbian Info Center (GLIC), Center for Queer Studies (CKS), Loud & Queer and Q-club. Outside project partners include EXIT from Novi Sad and Dom Omladine in Belgrade, as well as cultural institutions in several Serbian cities.