BalkanThemes Volume 1: Issue 3 – LGBT Rights

February 3rd, 2015

The third issue of BalkanThemes explores the work of organizations promoting LGBT-friendly dialogue in the Balkans, the struggle of three LGBT individuals in a conservative society and the state of LGBT rights across the region of the former Yugoslavia.

Albania Croatia Events Film Inequality LGBTQ Macedonia Montenegro NGO Slovenia

Mingling: Sarajevo’s In-Person Social Defying Online Culture

It is no secret that we generally have less time and space in our lives for in-person socializing. Pressured by numerous obligations, and preoccupied by social media, many simply do not have the headspace.

October 4th, 2024

Amir Barleci

The Secret of Samra and Dražen’s Love: Understanding and Compromise

Their relationship started when Samra asked Dražen to be her boyfriend at a graduation party, and has persisted despite various challenges, including social pressure because of their religious difference, fears of not being accepted by family, and physical distance. None of this could destroy the enduring love, and eventually marriage, of Samra and Dražen Prgić. Today, the two thirty-year-olds live in Orašje and are the parents of a little girl. They maintain that the secret to love is understanding and compromise.

February 14th, 2023

Kristina Gadže