Pride Caravan to Tour Six Serbian Cities This Summer; Protests Planned in Vranje and Pirot Next Weekend

The organization "Da se zna!" announced its "Pride Caravan" initiative, which will tour six Serbian cities this summer. The campaign aims to protest against transphobia and homophobia, particularly in locations where LGBT+ individuals often face greater difficulties and live in hiding.

The first events are scheduled for July 18 in Vranje and Pirot. Subsequent gatherings will take place in Zaječar, Kraljevo, Šabac, and Loznica. The organization highlighted that life for LGBT+ people is frequently harder in these cities compared to Belgrade or Novi Sad, with many concealing their identities.

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In these cities, the lives of LGBT+ people are often much harder than in Belgrade or Novi Sad. Most of them live in these places hiding their identities.

The Pride Caravan serves as a precursor to the main Belgrade Pride event in September. This year's Pride will be held under the slogan "There is room for all of us." This slogan, identical to the one used for the first Belgrade Pride 25 years ago, emphasizes the importance of an inclusive society that accommodates LGBT+ individuals, people with disabilities, religious and ethnic minorities, and all marginalized groups. The organization stated that such inclusivity is the foundation of a democratic, progressive, and free society.

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The slogan of this year's Pride is the same as the slogan of the first Pride in Belgrade 20 years ago. With this slogan, we want to emphasize that only a society in which there is room for LGBT+ people, and for people with disabilities, and people of different faiths and nationalities, and for every minority group, can be a society of democracy, progress, and freedom.