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Aleksandar Vučić resigned on September 27 to run for prime minister, and parliament speaker Ana Brnabić took over presidential duties the next day. It's a real first for the Balkans. It is also a stopgap, and her record on LGBTQ+ rights is complicated.
Serbia's human rights minister says a Law on Same-Sex Unions is being prepared and could move 'in spring', with a public roundtable promised. Then snap elections were called for October 25. Here's where the law really stands, and why couples have heard this before.
Days after thousands marched through Belgrade for Pride's 25th anniversary, Serbian LGBTI+ organizations are pressing the government to move on same-sex partnership and gender identity legislation that still doesn't exist.
Belgrade Pride Week closed Saturday with thousands marching through the capital demanding partnership and gender recognition laws Serbia still doesn't have — a quarter-century after riots nearly ended the event for good.
Pride Week wraps this weekend with Saturday's Pride Protest March through central Belgrade — the same familiar demands, a route to the National Assembly, and a country in the middle of its own political reckoning.
As Belgrade Pride Week runs through September 6, here's where Serbian law actually stands on same-sex couples, gender recognition, and hate crimes — and why campaigners say none of it goes far enough.
Pride Week runs August 31 through September 6 in Belgrade, with this year's protest march confirmed for September 5 — a week of exhibitions, panels, and parties leading up to Serbia's most closely watched LGBTQ+ event.
Ahead of Belgrade Pride's 25th anniversary march, a caravan of activists touring smaller Serbian cities has been met with death threats, banned assemblies, and attacks on journalists — a sign of how uneven progress in Serbia really is.
Serbia's Pride Week runs August 31 to September 6, ending in a Saturday march from Manjež Park to the National Assembly. A look at what's changed, what hasn't, and what to expect if you're going.
Serbia scrapped its blanket ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men in mid-2025, replacing it with an individual risk assessment. Twelve months on, donors and health officials say the shift has held — with some caveats.
Belgrade is the undisputed center of queer life in Serbia — a city of underground history surfacing into the open, real nightlife, and a safety picture that rewards a little situational awareness. Here's how to approach it.
Serbia decriminalized gay sex in 1994. Now campaigners are asking the state to acknowledge everyone it punished before then — a demand about memory as much as law.
Serbian police unlawfully banned a Pride event in the city of Kruševac, exposing a gap the capital's well-protected parade hides: outside Belgrade, the right to assemble as a queer person is still negotiable.
Lesbian Visibility Week 2026 runs through April 26 with programming across the UK, North America, and Western Europe. In the Balkans, queer women's visibility is a quieter, more complicated project — and the absence is not accidental.
From Tirana in late May to Podgorica in early October, eight Balkan capitals will host Pride marches this year — each with its own political weather. Here is what to expect, and where.
This year's Belgrade Pride is framing itself as a protest march first and a celebration second, joining forces with the student movement that has shaken Serbian politics since 2024.
Belgrade has one of the most vibrant queer communities in the Balkans, with a growing Pride Week and a creative underground scene. Here's what LGBTQ+ travelers need to know about visiting Serbia's capital.
