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Article: Gays in Belgrade struggle to find a sense of self.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- October 12, 1999
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Graffiti at the the American Center in downtown Belgrade reads CLINTON-FAGGOT and MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, WE DON'T PRACTICE SODOMY. Just as it did during the NATO bombing campaign earlier this year, the spray paint serves as a testament to the homophobia that continues to plague this city's gay men and lesbians.
Milan Duric, 26, thought the nationalistic tendencies stirred by antiwar protests in Belgrade would have created a sense of unity among Serbians. Instead, he said, he found himself to be a target among his own people. "If I were to have stood [on a] stage to say `I am gay, and I am here'--you should imagine what the audience would do: kill me or lynch me or ...