Sarajevo Open Centre, a few days ago, filed requests to examine the violations of the Law on Gender Equality to the Gender Centre of Federation BiH, BiH Agency for Gender Equality and a complaint to the BiH Ombudsman Institution, regarding the existing discriminatory provision in the Labor Law of Federation BiH and Brčko distrikt, that prohibits women the work on underground jobs (in mines).
New year has started and January, which had a very active start, is already behind us. Prior to the Film Festival Merlinka, we had an amazing community event with Ivan Pavlic, from the drag-art collective “House of Flamingo” which announced a new circle of community gatherings and conversations. As you may already know, Sarajevo Open … Continued
Upon successful completion of the fifth International queer film festival „Merlinka“ that went by peacefully, with dignity and no incidents, with high number of police officers and security, we want to remind the public of the devastating fact – the lack of prosecution of the attack perpetrators during the Festival Merlinka, on 1 February 2014.
Responsible journalism: LGBTI persons and media Sarajevo Open Centre invites all students of journalism and young journalists who have graduated in last three years and who are from Bosnia and Herzegovina to participate in school. School will be held from 15th to 17th of March 2017. Purpose of this school is affirmation of rights of … Continued
On the second day of Merlinka Festival, held on 28th of January in Art Cinema Kriterion, panel discussion named Our personal is political too was held. Naida Kučukalić was moderating the discussion and participants were Nera Mešinović (activist from B&H), Nina Đurđević (photographer from Croatia) and Marino Sorel i Entity from Croatian queer art group House of Flamingo. Aim of discussion was to answer the questions of coming out in conservative and homophobic society, and in what way individual activism changes the status quo that many LGBT people are forced to accept.
Sarajevo Open Centre has, in January 2017, received the information that the Canton Sarajevo Draft Law on acquisition, keeping and carrying of weapons and ammunition was established.
Last Saturday, International Queer Film Festival Merlinka closed its doors for the fifth time. This year, there was record attendance of over 500 people. In the attendance there were some well-known people from political and public life. With some of them we managed to have a talk and here are some of their messages.
Three years ago, on Saturday, 1st February 2014, at 3:15 in the afternoon, at the beginning of a discussion on the topic “Transsexuality in Transition” a group of 14 masked men forced their way into the Art Kriterion Cinema in Sarajevo, with the aim of attacking those present.
Sarajevo Open Centre cordially invites you to the International Conference about human rights of LGBTI people titled It is Time for Equality that will take place on the 22th of February 2017 in hotel Courtyard by Marriott, address Skenderija 1, in Sarajevo.
Author: Darko Pandurević Available in B/C/S only: Tijela koja nadilaze binarnost: Preporuke za unapređenje pravnog i medicinskog pristupa interspolnim osobama u BiH Sarajevo, Sarajevo Open Centre 2016.