Abstract
This chapter summarises the volume’s contributions and underscores the challenges awaiting lesbian emancipation in the post-Yugoslav space. The text is organised in the form of a transnational and intergenerational dialogue with activists from Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Croatia, and Serbia. The discussion aims to take stock of decades of lesbian activist initiatives in distinctly unfavourable post-socialist and post-conflict circumstances that have been further aggravated by the global economic crisis. The chapter also examines affective dimensions of a collective work on the history and politics of post-Yugoslav lesbian activisms.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Asocijacija Duga. (2017). Najveći problem LGBT osobe na lokalu je porodično nasilje. Retrieved on December 20, 2017, from www.asocijacijaduga.org.rs/najveci-problem-lgbt-osobe-na-lokalu-je-porodicno-nasilje.
Bilić, B. (Ed.). (2016a). LGBT activism and Europeanisation in the post-Yugoslav space: On the rainbow way to Europe. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Bilić, B. (2016b). Europe ♥ gays: Europeanisation and Pride Parades in Serbia. In B. Bilić (Ed.), LGBT activism and Europeanisation in the (post-)Yugoslav space: On the rainbow way to Europe (pp. 117–154). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Bilić, B., & Kajinić, S. (Eds.). (2016). Intersectionality and LGBT activist politics: Multiple others in Croatia and Serbia. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Clarke, V., & Peel, E. (Eds.). (2007). Out in psychology: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer perspectives. Chichester: Wiley.
Čaušević, J. (2014). Lezbofobija je ogromna: Interview with Lepa Mlađenović. Retrieved on December 23, 2017, from http://lgbti.ba/intervju-lepa-mladjenovic-lezbofobija-je-ogromna/.
De Lauretis, T. (1994). The practice of love: Lesbian sexuality and perverse desire. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Dimitrijević, O. (2017). Intervju: Zanima me ljubav i zajedništvo koje se nalaze izvan modela nuklearne porodice. Retrieved on December 23, 2017, from https://www.transserbia.org/queer/1306-olga-dimitrijevic-zanima-me-ljubav-i-zajednistvo-koje-se-nalaze-izvan-modela-nuklearne-porodice.
Doucet, A., & Mauthner, N. S. (2007). Feminist methodologies and epistemologies. In C. B. Bryant & D. L. Peck (Eds.), The handbook of 21st century sociology (pp. 36–45). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Dunne, G. A. (1997). Lesbian lifestyles: Women’s work and the politics of sexuality. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Herek, G. M. (2004). Beyond ‘homophobia’: Thinking about sexual prejudice and stigma in the twenty-first century. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 1(2), 6–24.
Herek, M. G., & Capitanio, P. J. (1999). Sex differences in how heterosexuals think about lesbians and gay men: Evidence from survey context effects. The Journal of Sex Research, 36(4), 348–360.
Hesse-Biber, S. (2013). The practice of in-depth interviewing. In S. Hesse-Biber (Ed.), The practice of feminist research: A primer (pp. 111–149). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hupperts, C. (2011). Homoseksualnost i lezbijstvo u Grčkoj i Rimu. In R. Aldrich (Ed.), Povijest gej i lezbijskog života i kulture (pp. 29–57). Zagreb and Beograd: Sandorf.
Irvine, M. J. (2003). A place in the rainbow: Theorizing lesbian and gay culture. In S. Seidman (Ed.), Queer theory sociology (pp. 213–241). Oxford: Blackwell.
Ivanović, Z. (2014). Fragmenti iz svakodnevnog života gej muškaraca i lezbejki u savremenoj Srbiji. In J. Blagojević & O. Dimitrijević (Eds.), Među nama: neispričane priče gej i lezbejskih života (pp. 117–130). Belgrade: Hartefakt Fond.
Ivanović, Z., & Radulović, L. (2014). Religija i homoseksualnost. O odbacivanju i potrazi za religijskim i duhovnim izrazom gejeva i lezbejki u savremenoj Srbiji. In J. Blagojević & O. Dimitrijević (Eds.), Među nama: neispričane priče gej i lezbejskih života (pp. 164–189). Belgrade: Hartefakt Fond.
Jagose, A. (1996). Queer theory: An introduction. New York, NY: New York University Press.
Jannes, V. (1992). Coming out: Lesbian identities and the categorization problem. In K. Plummer (Ed.), Modern homosexualities: Fragments of lesbian and gay experience (pp. 65–74). London: Routledge.
Kuljić, T. (2002). Prevladavanje prošlosti. Beograd: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava.
Labris novine. (2002). Ravnopravno državljanstvo. Retrieved on December 20, 2017, from http://labris.org.rs/sites/default/files/Labris-novine-broj-14-15-2002.compressed_web.pdf.
Labris. (2017). Razvoj politika za zaštitu LGBT osoba. Retrieved on December 23, 2017, from http://labris.org.rs/sites/default/files/Razvoj%20politika%20za%20za%C5%A1titu%20LGBT%20osoba.pdf.
Marušić, A. (2014). 25 godina lezbijskog pokreta: Od Lila inicijative i ratnih godina do anarhističkih dana Kontre. Retrieved on December 20, 2017, from www.crol.hr/index.php/politika-aktivizam/6268-25-godina-lezbijskog-pokreta-od-lila-inicijative-i-ratnih-godina-do-anarhistickih-dana-kontre.
Petakov, Z. (2017). Ekstremna desnica i navijački pokret – ima neka tajna veza. Retrieved on January 10, 2018, from www.masina.rs/?p=5431.
Radoman, M. (2015). Iskustvo roditeljstva istopolno orijentisanih žena u Srbiji. In I. Jarić (Ed.), Politike roditeljstva: iskustva, diskursi i institucionalne prakse (pp. 101–122). Belgrade: ISIFF.
Radoman, M. (2016). Towards a more inclusive Pride? Representing multiple discriminations in the Belgrade Pride Parade. In B. Bilić & S. Kajinić (Eds.), Intersectionality and LGBT activist politics: Multiple others in Croatia and Serbia (pp. 171–190). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
RTS. (2014). Žene prve po diskriminisanosti. Retrieved on December 5, 2017, from www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/125/Dru%C5%A1tvo/1530523/%C5%BDene+prve+po+diskriminisanosti.html?email=yes.
Selmić, A. (2016). On the other side of an ethnocratic state? LGBT activism in post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina. In B. Bilić (Ed.), LGBT activism and Europeanisation in the post-Yugoslav space: On the rainbow way to Europe (pp. 205–230). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Socijalno uključivanje. (2018). Objavljen godišnji izveštaj Poverenika za zaštitu ravnopravnosti. Retrieved on January 15, 2018, from http://socijalnoukljucivanje.gov.rs/rs/objavljen-godisnji-izvestaj-poverenika-za-zastitu-ravnopravnosti-za-2014-godinu/.
Sremac, S., Popov-Momčinović, Z., Jovanović, M., & Topić, M. (2014). Eros, agape i ethnos: Predlog za kritičku analizu javnog diskursa o religiji, homoseksualnosti i nacionalizmu u kontekstu Zapadnog Balkana. In D. Valić-Nedeljković, S. Sremac, N. Knežević, & D. Gruhonjić (Eds.), The role of media in normalizing relations in the Western Balkans (pp. 247–269). Novi Sad: University of Novi Sad Press.
Tratnik, S. (2001). Lesbian visibility in Slovenia. The European Journal of Women’s Studies, 8(3), 373–380.
Voxfeminae. (2018). Mima Simić dobila tužbu protiv Željke Markić. Retrieved on January 15, 2018, from www.voxfeminae.net/vijestice-list/hrvatska/item/12250-mima-simic-dobila-tuzbu-protiv-zeljke-markic.
Weeks, J. (2012). Sex, politics, and society: The regulation of sexuality since 1800. London: Routledge.
Weeks, J., Heaphy, B., & Donovan, C. (2001). Same sex intimacies: Families of choice and other life experiments. London: Routledge.
Zelić, I. (2016). Homofobija i transfobija u sustavu obrazovanja. Retrieved on February 3, 2018, from www.libela.org/vijesti/8316-homofobija-i-transfobija-u-sustavu-obrazovanja-8316/.
Zimmerman, B. (Ed.). (2000). Lesbian histories and cultures: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing.
Žmak. J. (2017). Jasna ili o autohomofobiji. Retrieved on February 2, 2018, from http://muf.com.hr/2017/02/14/o-autohomofobiji/.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Radoman, M. (2019). Conclusion: Discovering the Lesbian in Us—On Our Ongoing, Never-Ending Struggles. In: Bilić, B., Radoman, M. (eds) Lesbian Activism in the (Post-)Yugoslav Space . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77754-2_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77754-2_8
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-77753-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-77754-2
eBook Packages: Social SciencesSocial Sciences (R0)