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University Bans Plato: “Promotes Gender Ideology and Homosexuality”

K. P.

At a U.S. university, orders were issued to remove passages from Plato’s "Symposium".

University Bans Plato: “Promotes Gender Ideology and Homosexuality”

K. P.

Politics

Zohran Mamdani, Mayor of New York

Center for Queer Studies

Zohran Mamdani is one of the most recognizable young politicians of the progressive left in the contemporary American political landscape.

Zohran Mamdani, Mayor of New York

Center for Queer Studies

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Queering the (Yugo)slav Glorious Past and Future

Dušica Popović

In the spirit of the Center for Queer Studies, I have created another flag — one that represents the Yugoslav tricolor with a five-pointed star in rainbow colors.

Queering the (Yugo)slav Glorious Past and Future

Dušica Popović

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Black as It Gets

Dragan Jovićević

The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, has determined that the Cultural Center “Svetozar Marković” in Jagodina violated Article 6 of the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination by refusing to screen "Next to Us".

Black as It Gets

Dragan Jovićević

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Is Direct Democracy Queer?

Laura Pejak

The model of mass, democratic organizing can be applied to the vast majority of groups and issues in society. It is not always suitable. Still, it is the foundation on which a different, freer, and potentially more inclusive society can be built.

Is Direct Democracy Queer?

Laura Pejak

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The Veil Between Body and Gaze

Ivana Pražić

What Does the Veil Conceal, and What Does It Reveal?

The Veil Between Body and Gaze

Ivana Pražić

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Same-Sex Family Role in the Student Revolution

Vladan Đukanović

Belgrade Pride has announced this year's slogan – "For the Family" – and a family quarrel immediately broke out. The motto of the first attempted Pride was "There’s Room for All of Us"; perhaps it’s time to bring it back.

Same-Sex Family Role in the Student Revolution

Vladan Đukanović

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The (Un)Dressing of Disobedience

Dušica Popović

Throughout the history of human societies, clothing has always been an important element of (self)representation. This indispensable visual topos of humanity has long served as a social and cultural "shortcut" for positioning different individuals.

The (Un)Dressing of Disobedience

Dušica Popović

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When Will The Tractors Come to Pride?

Dušan Maljković

Labour and LGBT+ rights during student and popular protests in Serbia.

When Will The Tractors Come to Pride?

Dušan Maljković

Politics

On Political Tensions and Barbaric Pretensions

Dušica Popović

The political encompasses the concrete and official ruling bodies – legislative, judicial, and executive power – while politics refers to the very act of reflection and questioning of these institutions by all community members.

On Political Tensions and Barbaric Pretensions

Dušica Popović

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Pope Francis Accepted LGBTQ People?

Jo Yurcaba

He spoke differently from the way the previous figureheads of the Holy See and church doctrine had often spoken about gay people, describing homosexuality as “an intrinsic moral evil”.

Pope Francis Accepted LGBTQ People?

Jo Yurcaba

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How Supporting Miners Led to Same-sex Marriage

Gareth Lewis

It was an unlikely friendship forged out of adversity and solidarity in the face of prejudice.

How Supporting Miners Led to Same-sex Marriage

Gareth Lewis

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Tractors and Index Books

Dušan Maljković

The student protests in Serbia have turned into a nationwide uprising against the government. It is becoming clear that the authoritarian capitalist structures thatmade the government a reliable junior partner in the capital centers could also be shaken.

Tractors and Index Books

Dušan Maljković

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Proposal for a New Flag of Serbia

Dušica Popović

Thanks to the protests of the past few months, the official state flag is more visible to us than ever before. Thus, it cannot escape our notice how, at first glance, its symbolism collides with current events and society.

Proposal for a New Flag of Serbia

Dušica Popović

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The Civil Partnership Law in a Dusty Drawer

Sara Novakov

The draft Law on Civil Partnerships, which aims to make family life unions between two adult individuals of the same sex legally possible if registered with the competent authority, has been in the Serbian Parliament's procedure for a month and a half.

The Civil Partnership Law in a Dusty Drawer

Sara Novakov

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The Extraordinary Fate of Iman Kelif or on Culture Wars

Dušica Popović

Regarding sports, a possible temporary solution might be the establishment of the Olympic Games specifically for those in the gray zone. However, the problem is that these competitions wouldn't immediately be international.

The Extraordinary Fate of Iman Kelif or on Culture Wars

Dušica Popović

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Putin Brings America’s Culture Wars to Russians

Alexey Kovalev

The battle against Ukraine, teamed with the rhetoric of religious conservatives in the West, inspires Moscow’s intensifying persecution of gay and trans people.

Putin Brings America’s Culture Wars to Russians

Alexey Kovalev

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Live and Let Others Be Who They Want to Be

Jasmina Pašić

"Let's talk," invites activist Kristian Ranđelović, an openly intersex person. Valerijan Savić, a medical student, was born a boy but does not identify with any gender.

Live and Let Others Be Who They Want to Be

Jasmina Pašić

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Cuba’s New Family Code

Ailynn Torres Santana and Julio César Guanche

The process surrounding the Code sheds light on contemporary Cuban politics.. Its particularities make the Family Code key to understanding Cuba and its (im)possibilities today.

Cuba’s New Family Code

Ailynn Torres Santana and Julio César Guanche

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On Gay Marriage

Dušan Maljković

The problem of societal homophobia is often obscured by progressive state measures that can hardly automatically achieve real acceptance of homosexuality.

On Gay Marriage

Dušan Maljković

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Hope For LGBTIQ

Agata Milan Đurić

For all the destructive emotions of fear, shame, and horror they have inflicted on us, the greatest remedy is indeed - love. Love yourselves, empathize and help each other, because only then can we achieve a better society.

Hope For LGBTIQ

Agata Milan Đurić

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Why I Didn't Kill Myself?

Stevan Filipović

I didn't kill myself because I was lucky to overcome the feeling of shame, inadequacy, the feeling of being defective and unnecessary to society at the right time and admit to myself that I am gay.

Why I Didn't Kill Myself?

Stevan Filipović

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Let’s Understand Each Other: From a Gay Prime Minister to Homophobia

Aleksandra Trajković Arsić

LGBT activists have accused the recent Prime Minister of hypocrisy, and the church of spreading hate. Religious analysts say that neither Christianity nor the hardline bishops want LGBT.

Let’s Understand Each Other: From a Gay Prime Minister to Homophobia

Aleksandra Trajković Arsić