Tag: lgbti

What the LGBTIQ Community Thinks about Bosnian and Herzegovinian Media Coverage

Between September and November 2019, Mediacentar Sarajevo conducted a mini-survey on media coverage of LGBTIQ topics in Bosnia and Herzegovina and than asked LGBTIQ community members what they thought of media content related to the first Pride Parade in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Read the Lidija Pisker’s article from media.ba below. Between September and November this … Continued

Mama Majda: the most important thing is what your child will tell you and what you will tell them; what anyone else has to say is completely irrelevant

It’s hard to stay indifferent to mama Majda’s sincerity. She speaks in very simple language of her child’s outing, of transness, self-discovery, family relations, and challenges that enrich and unite. Author: Mirza Halilčević Mama Majda is approachable, joyful, and exceptionally strategic in her presentation. She happily agreed to speak for the LGBTI.ba portal so as … Continued

Bravely Visible

On today’s IDAHOT we do not want to repeat the messages already addressed to institutions and BH. public. All that we said last year is still stands for this year.

The Verdict Against the Attackers at the Merlinka Queer Festival

Three years after the attack on the Merlinka festival which was held in 2014, an indictment was made against two identified attackers. The court confirmed the indictment on May 12, 2017, and in February 2018, a conviction was issued against one of the attackers by which the attacker is convicted for six months sentence in prison, and the sentence will not be executed if the accused does not commit a new criminal offense within two years work.

Meeting Invitation for Families and LGBTIQ Persons

Sarajevo Open Centre has been working on strengthening LGBTIQ people in BiH for years, providing legal and psychosocial support, as well as organizing a large number of workshops, seminars, training and socializing events.