Sarajevo Pride

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Sarajevo Pride in 2019.

Sarajevo Pride, or Bosnian-Herzegovinian Pride, is the LGBT pride parade in the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which first took place in 2019.[1]

The country's first pride parade was held on 9 September 2019 in Sarajevo.[2] An estimated 2,000 people marched in the first pride parade of Bosnia and Herzegovina, making the country the last former Yugoslav nation to hold a pride event.[3]

A second pride parade was supposed to take place on 23 August 2020, starting at 12:00h in Sarajevo,[4] but it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The third pride parade in Sarajevo took place on 14 August 2021.[6]

Sarajevo Pride History[]

Year Dates Motto Theme Estimated attendance
2019 September 9 Door please! ("Ima izać'!") 2,000
2020 (canceled) August 23 No life within four walls ("Nije život četiri zida")
2021 August 14 Resistance from the Margin ("Otpor sa margine")[7]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Lejla Huremović: Today we stop being invisible | Povorka Ponosa". Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Solidarno za slobodu – slobodu okupljanja, slobodu identiteta i slobodu ljubavi! | Povorka Ponosa". Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. ^ Mladen, Lakic (8 September 2019). "Bosnian Capital Hosts First-Ever Pride March". Balkan Insight. Sarajevo.
  4. ^ "The Second BiH Pride March Announced: Passing Through the Cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina because "No life within four walls" | Povorka Ponosa". Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Zbog koronavirusa odgođena druga Bh. povorka ponosa u Sarajevu". Klix.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. ^ L.K. (14 August 2021). "Uz suze, smijeh i pjesmu u Sarajevu uspješno okončana treća Bh. povorka ponosa" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Let us resist from the margins with the BH Pride March, in Sarajevo on the 14th of August | Povorka Ponosa".

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