Pride Info Center

"Let's be proud" - this will be the motto of the 15th anniversary of "Sofia Pride", which will be held on June 18 this year in the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia.

As usual in recent years, in the week before the Pride, there will be a number of events of the LGBTQ+ community in our country. Exhibitions, sporting events, film screenings start on June 8 in Sofia.

Violence shapes our lives way before we gather the nerve to come out to our friends, colleagues, and finally our family. Even when we personally are not the direct target, it is still somehow directed at us. The possibility that our bodies are going to be those that are kicked and broken, and that those slurs will be shouted in our face, is very much real. We are an at-risk group.

Organisers of this year's Belgrade Pride Parade - whose motto is "I'm not giving up" ["Ne odricem se"] - said the walk on Sunday will pass near the main institutions in the city to which Belgrade Pride has been addressing its demands for improved rights for the LGBTI+ community.