On May 17th, 1990, the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality from the list of internationally classified illnesses and, in so doing, confirmed the findings of the American Psychiatric Association that has already been brought forth in the 1970s. Since 2004, this date has been celebrated as International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia and officially … Continued
After taking part in the seminar on March 7, 2014 and sending the open letter to the BH Council of Ministers, the BH Directorate for European Integration, the EU Delegation in BiH and the European Commission, civil society organisations have been officially invited to be part of the EU-BiH Structured Dialogue on Justice. The planary … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre has received a memo from the Ministry of the Interior of Canton Sarajevo regarding the establishment of a position of contact persons, police officers, to work with LGBT victims of crime in four Sarajevo police precincts (Stari Grad, Centar, Novo Sarajevo and Novi Grad). Irfan Nefić, the head of public relations of … Continued
Open Letter of BH Civil Society Organisations to the BiH Council of Ministers, the BiH Directorate for European Integration, the European Union Delegation in BiH and the European Commission THE STRUCTURED DIALOGUE HAS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND FOCUSED ON A WIDER SPECTRUM OF BH CITIZENS’ NEEDS Civil society organisations, signed below, appeal to the … Continued
Sarajevski otvoreni centar uputio je, ispred grupe bosanskohercegovačkih ljudskopravaških organizacija koje su se udružile u svrhu zajedničkog zagovaranja prava lezbejki, gej muškaraca, biseksualnih i transeksualnih osoba, Institituciji ombudsmena za ljudska prava u BiH prijedlog za izradu specijalnog izvještaja o stanju ljudskih prava LGBT osoba u Bosni i Hercegovini. Ovaj prijedlog nastao je na osnovu nedavnog … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre calls on the BH media: STOP THE PRACTICE OF RELEASING EXPLICIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUNG GIRLS IN THE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA In recent days, in BiH online portals as well as in the print media, news has been circulating about the Facebook group “The biggest sluts of elementary and middle school.” Although … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre, in partnership with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, BiH Office and the CURE Foundation invites you to the training (R)educ(a)tion of Homophobia and Transphobia: for Mental Health Experts in BiH as a part of „Coming out! Advocating protection and promotion of LGBT rights“ financed by the European Union Venue: Hotel Art, Vladislava Skarića … Continued
Piše: Dina GANIBEGOVIĆ LGBT osobe u BiH se još uvijek doživljavaju kao nešto što dolazi sa ‘zapada’ ili kao manjina koja nije toliko relevantna. Međutim, radi se o osobama koje čine od 7 do 10 posto građana BiH, što i nije mala brojka… Ljudska prava i budućnost LGBT populacije u BiH istražujemo u okviru nove … Continued
Piše: Masha Durkalić Biseksualne osobe su dio LGBT zajednice koji se nerijetko zaboravlja pri različitim djelovanjima LGBT aktivizma. Biseksualci/ke, koji/e osjećaju seksualnu i emotivnu privlačnost prema oba spola, često nisu shvaćene ozbiljno kako u heteroseksualnim, tako i u LGBT krugovima, zbog vladajuće predrasude da je njihov seksualni identitet zapravo – faza Mirna (39) je udata … Continued
Prof. dr. Nerzuk Ćurak was a lecturer in the Somebody Said Feminism? lecture series on february 27, 2014. About the lecturer: With a PhD in political sciences, Nerzuk Ćurak is a professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo, essayist, writer, journalist, editor, civic activist… At the Faculty of Political Sciences he holds … Continued