Negotiating Family: Family Politics and LGBTIQ organizations in Serbia

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Negotiating Family: Family Politics and LGBTIQ organizations in Serbia

26 Nov 2022

Having all these aspects of family in Serbia, the aim of this paper is to analyze the initiative of LGBT organizations for the legalization of same-sex partnerships, the politics behind this initiative and how their vision of same-sex partnerships (and families) correlates with the dominant, pro-natalist policies and ideal of the tradi- tional family model. [...] The following chapter will present in more detail the initiative on the legaliza- tion of same-sex partnerships in Serbia and perspectives of the interviewed repre- sentatives of LGBT organizations, also in the context of pro-natalist policies of the current Serbian government. [...] The conclusion in the fourth chapter sum- marizes and discusses the key aspects of the initiative for the legalization of same- sex partnerships, its politics (or policies) and the potential of LGBT organizations to offer a radically alternative vision of family politics in modern Serbian society. [...] It never happened and the event is remembered as one of the bloodiest on the streets of Belgrade, due to the severe violence committed by organized groups of hooligans and minimum police protection.21 Nevertheless, this violence boosted the LGBT scene in Serbia, increasing the visibility of the community and pointing out that homophobia, dis- crimination and violence against LGBT persons is real i. [...] The Strange Case of Surrogate Motherhood: Pro-natalism and LGBT Organizations in Serbia The thing that connects current governmental politics of the “Law and Justice” Par- ty (PiS) in Poland, the “Hungarian Civil Alliance” (FIDESZ) in Hungary and the “Ser- bian Progressive Party” in Serbia is their passionate devotion to the strengthening of the family and, consequently, the development of effecti.
Pages
31
Published in
Croatia