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Systematic support to LGBTI persons in Canton Sarajevo: To improve the knowledge of the providers of public services in their work with LGBTI persons

In Sarajevo, on 19 December 2017, Sarajevo Open Centre organised the roundtable on human rights of LGBTI persons, the topic being „To act locally towards systematic support to LGBTI persons in Canton Sarajevo”, in the scope of the project „Building institutional networks of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons in Canton Sarajevo“, financed by the Marginalized Populations Support Activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (USAID/PPMG).

10 years of SOC: Today, there is a small but important group of LGBTI persons that will engage in activism

How to build the LGBTI community and movement? With lots of patience, with creativity and desire to persist until the attainment of pursued objectives. By spreading the idea outside of the capital, insistence on persisting with the idea, and by fostering interpersonal relations and experience exchange. Below you will find a story about SOC’s work on building of the LGBTI community and movement in BiH

10 years of SOC: Violence, gender equality and administrative silence

Ten years of SOC’s existence included many friendships, partnerships, work and success, but also a lot of negative experiences that enabled us to learn and grow. All of this created the organisation and team that we are today, and encouraged us to fight for human rights of LGBTI people and women and for a more equal BiH