Before July, 14th. 1994, sexual intercourse with consent of both adult male partners was considered to be a criminal act and the punishment was up to one year of imprisonment. We don't have any records that anyone was arrested and put to trial for being gay during the last thirty years, but there were several police raids and a lot of gay people were taken to the police headquarters where they have been beaten and humiliated. It was never found out who initiated the law reform on male homosexuality. Since the beginning of war in Yugoslavia, violence against gay people has increased.
Lesbians are totally invisible as always.
Arkadija's long term goals includes termination of all kinds of discrimination in Yugoslavia.