Serbia: For gays, a ghetto morn Europe | The World om PRX

Contents:

• THOANDS MARCH BELGRA AGAST PLANNED GAY PRI PARA
• GAY SERBIA STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG
• POWERFUL PHOTOS SHOW THE FIRST GAY PRI MARCH IN SERBIA IN FOUR YEARS
• WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?
• GAY MEN FLAG?
• POWERFUL PHOTOS SHOW THE FIRST GAY PRI MARCH IN SERBIA IN FOUR YEARS
• SERBIA: FOR GAYS, A GHETTO MORN EUROPE

THOANDS MARCH BELGRA AGAST PLANNED GAY PRI PARA

REUTERS/Zorana JevticBELGRADE, Sept 11 (Rters) - Thoands of relig and right-wg activists marched through Serbia's pal on Sunday llg for thori to ban a Gay Pri march planned for next protters - who rried a massive Serbian flag - clud groups who also shouted slogans backg Serbia's long-term ally Rsia, as well as natnalistic and far-right . 1 Gilbert Baker Pri FlagWikimedia CommonsIn 1978, Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office California, asked artist Gilbert Baker to create a Pri flag.

A source told Philalphia Magaze, “Wh all of the Black and Brown activism that’s worked to addrs racism the Gayborhood over the past year, I thk the new flag is a great step for the cy to show the world that they’re workg toward fully supportg all members of our muny. Origal pri flag — June 1978The first rabow pri flag was signed Gilbert Barker and unveiled durg the San Francis Gay Freedom Day on June 25, 1978. ”“Wh all of the black and brown activism that’s worked to addrs racism the Gayborhood over the past year, I thk the new flag is a great step for the cy to show the world that they’re workg toward fully supportg all members of our muny, ” the statement ntued.

Acrdg to TriPri, the flag is meant to reprent the QPOC muny, pecially as relat to the ti that have bound the Black and queer muni sce the ceptn of the gay liberatn movement. Today, Two-Spired people are dividuals that intify as gay, lbian, bisexual, other genred dividuals, as well as third or fourth genred dividuals who live and intify between the worlds and genrs. Bear pri flagThe bear pri flag celebrat a subculture of the LGBTQ muny that refers to gay or bisexual men who have facial and/or body hair and embrace fortably wh masculy and their bodi, acrdg to Montclair State Universy.

GAY SERBIA STOCK PHOTOS AND IMAG

Gay serbia flag. Over 1, 000 gay rights activists Serbia held their first pri march four years on Sunday, walkg through Belgra streets emptied of traffic and pestrians by a massive secury operatn.

An attack on a gay German activist Belgra earlier this month prompted new qutns about whether police were up to the task of protectg LGBT people. On Saturday, several hundred people gathered Belgra to prott the Belgra Gay Pri Para. The anti-gay rally also drew a heavy police prence.

In the days leadg up to the Pri march, anti-gay graffi appeared around the cy. In spe of the show of anti-gay sentiment, Saturday's pri march took place whout any large sle-vlence, though there were multiple arrts.

POWERFUL PHOTOS SHOW THE FIRST GAY PRI MARCH IN SERBIA IN FOUR YEARS

Wavg hundreds of rabow-lored flags, several hundred gay activists marched om the ernment headquarters through the empty Belgra streets where shops were closed and public transport was stopped.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?

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GAY MEN FLAG?

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Servg openly ary Serbia is lbians, gays, bisexuals permted, transgenr people banned.

POWERFUL PHOTOS SHOW THE FIRST GAY PRI MARCH IN SERBIA IN FOUR YEARS

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One such flag is the Gay Men’s Pri Flag – a flag you might already have seen flown at any number of pri ftivals around the world, om New Orleans to Montreal…and everywhere between!

SERBIA: FOR GAYS, A GHETTO MORN EUROPE

Another lser-known pri flag is the gay men’s pri flag. This morn gay men’s pri flag is a reimagg of a prev gay men’s pri flag wh a variety of blue ton.

However, is fair to say that most gay men prefer to simply e an eratn of the rabow LGBTQ+ flag that is more reprentative of the entire queer muny.

Serbia’s police on Tuday banned an ternatnal Pri march that is to be held later this week, cg a risk of clash between gay rights activists and far-right opponents of a pan-European LGBTQ events planned for this week Belgra.