Novi Sad Pride

{{Short description|LGBT event in Novi Sad, Serbia}}

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Novi Sad Pride ({{Langx|sr|Новосадска парада поноса|translit=Novosadska parada ponosa}}, {{langx|hu|Újvidéki büszkeség felvonulás}},) is a pride parade held in Novi Sad, second largest city in Serbia and administrative center of Vojvodina organized to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their allies. The event was organized in 2019 for the first time as a part of Novi Sad Pride Week held by the Social Center "Izađi," in cooperation with Belgrade Pride and supported by the City of Novi Sad.{{cite web |url= https://n1info.ba/regija/a345061-bez-vecih-incidenata-odrzana-prva-novosadska-nedjelja-ponosa/ |title=Bez većih incidenata održana prva Novosadska nedjelja ponosa |author=n.a. |date=17 May 2019 |publisher=N1 (TV channel) |accessdate=8 July 2024}}

Representatives from the embassies of the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom, as well as members of the European Union Mission in Serbia, attended the parade. Novi Sad city officials attended the event as well with Deputy Mayor of Novi Sad Ljiljana Koković stating that although this is a taboo topic in Serbia, significant progress has been made in Novi Sad and that the event will send a message of love and peace and serve as an example for other municipalities.{{cite web |url=https://rs.n1info.com/english/news/a484513-novi-sad-hosts-first-pride-parade/ |title=Novi Sad hosts first Pride Parade |author=n.a. |date=17 May 2019 |publisher=N1 (TV channel) |accessdate=23 January 2022}}

Attended by around 200 people, 2019 pride was the first ever gay parade in Serbia to be held outside of Belgrade.{{cite web |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/novi-sad-gay-pride-parade/29947750.html |title=Inaugural Gay-Pride Event Comes To Serbia's Second City |author=n.a. |date=17 May 2019 |publisher=Radio Free Europe |accessdate=23 January 2022}} The first pride was organized as the end event of the Pride Week in Novi Sad. It was organized on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.{{cite web |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-s-novi-sad-first-gay-pride-rally/29947398.html |title=Serbia's Novi Sad Holds First Gay-Pride Rally |author=n.a. |date=17 May 2019 |publisher=Radio Free Europe |accessdate=23 January 2022}}

History

Local organization COME OUT was established in 2010 and it received its official office space in the city as a part of the 2019 Novi Sad European Youth Capital project with an aim to organize the first ever big scale Pride Parade by 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.lgbti-era.org/news/novi-sad-gets-its-first-lgbti-community-centre |title=NOVI SAD GETS ITS FIRST LGBTI COMMUNITY CENTRE |author=Filip Kocevski |date=n.d. |publisher=ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey |accessdate=23 January 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://rtv.rs/sr_ci/vojvodina/novi-sad/prva-gej-parada-u-novom-sadu-17.-maja_1012149.html |title="Новосадска недеља поноса" и први "Новосадски прајд" уз подршку Града |author=n.a. |date=25 April 2019 |publisher=Radio Television of Vojvodina |accessdate=18 June 2022}} However, it was never organized coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. The 2024 edition of the Novi Sad Pride Week was organized between 13th and 19th May.{{cite news |url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/srbija-novosadska-nedelja-ponosa-lgbt-prava-novi-sad/32944414.html |title=Počela Novosadska nedelja ponosa, fokus na diskriminaciji LGBT populacije |author=n.a. |newspaper=Radio Slobodna Evropa |date=13 May 2024 |publisher=Radio Free Europe |accessdate=8 July 2024}} It was supported by the project "Combating Discrimination and Promoting Diversity in Serbia" part of the joint EU and Council of Europe program "Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey". The slogan of the 2024 week was "We Have Always Been Here".{{cite web |url=https://novisad.com/vesti/sutra-pocinje-novosadska-nedelja-ponosa-12695 |title=Sutra počinje Novosadska nedelja ponosa |author=n.a. |date=12 May 2024 |publisher=novisad.com |accessdate=8 July 2024}}

See also

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