Through our work, we strive to empower LGBTIQ people to fight for their rights through various types of work and activism and also to connect with each other and build a strong community. That was the idea behind the Activist School, which took place in September. The school’s carefully crafted curriculum focused on online activism … Continued
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
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.
School of LGBTI activism is rolling on very well! After the first module where participants gained information on development of Queer history and sexuality through the ages, as well as new terms and knowledge of queer theory, it was time to start narrowing down topics and go into depth of each of those. This time … Continued
U okviru turneje po zemljama Zapadnog Balkana, bh. publika će od 5. do 7. novembra imati priliku pogledati scensko čitanje revolucionarne dokumentarne drame Sedam, koju će čitati ansambl od sedam istaknutih žena iz bh. javnog života. Predstava Sedam u BiH održat će se: 5. novembra u 20,00 u Sarajevu, na sceni Sarajevskog ratnog teatra SARTR; … Continued