Out in the World: LGBTQ news from Europe and Asia
SERBIA Thousands of people marched through the Serbian capital on Sept 7 in what organizers are calling the largest Belgrade Pride yet.
The march went off peacefully under the protection of a heavy police presence, a marked contrast to previous years that have seen the march threatened or canceled due to violent anti-LGBTQ protestors.
This year’s Pride marchers were demanding that the government pass laws to expand LGBTQ rights, including a long-promised same-sex partnership law and a law to facilitate legal gender recognition.
The march route took participants past the Serbian parliament, where organizers read out a list of demands and an unidentified participant hung a rainbow flag from an office window. “Politicians, with political will, could easily fulfill the demands.
