Queer Sarajevo Festival 2008

Queer Sarajevo Festival was the first public queer festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina, organized by Organization Q in September 2008 in Sarajevo.[1][2][3] The Festival is remembered as the first public coming out of LGBT*IQA persons in BiH.[4] It became the center of interest of Bosnian-Herzegovinian, regional and international public and media after the escalation of violence against Festival participants and journalists on the day of the opening.[5][6][7] The Festival was closed for the public two days after its opening, due to counter-reactions of general public, political representatives and as the organizers, journalists and Festival participants had been physically attacked by Islamic religious extremists and nationalists.[8][9]

  1. ^ COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES FOR 2008 (PDF). U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 2010. p. 1210. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Kajinić, Sanja (Spring 2010). "Battle for Sarajevo" as "Metropolis": Closure of the First Queer Sarajevo Festival"". Anthropology of East Europe Review. 28 (1): 62–63 – via Scholar works.
  3. ^ Reuters Editorial. "Young men attack gay festival in Bosnia". U.K. Reuters. Archived from the original on January 28, 2019. Retrieved 2018-03-12. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Gavrić, Saša; Huremović, Lejla; Savić, Marija, eds. (2011). Čitanka lezbejskih i gej ljudskih prava (PDF) (in Bosnian). Sarajevo Open Centre. pp. 113–114. ISBN 9789958995934.
  5. ^ Zuvela, Maja (2008-09-25). "Bosnia's first gay festival to close after attacks". Reuters. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  6. ^ "Clashes at Bosnia's gay festival". BBC. 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  7. ^ Halimović, Dženana (2008-09-26). "Priča o Queer Festivalu je priča o kršenju ljudskih prava". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  8. ^ "Eight injured as Sarajevo Queer Festival attacked". Amnesty International. 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  9. ^ "Queer Festival Sarajevo 2008: Homosexuelle als Zielscheibe von Islamisten und Nationalisten | dasbiber". www.dasbiber.at (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-12.