Sarajevo Pride

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

Sarajevo Pride in 2019

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

Second BIH Pride March was supposed to take place on the 23 August 2020, starting at 12.00h in Sarajevo,[4] but it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Sarajevo Pride History
Year Dates Motto Theme Estimated attendance 2500 2019 September 9 Door please! ("Ima izać'!") 400
2020 (canceled) August 23 No life within four walls ("Nije život četiri zida")

See also

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.
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