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Serbia’s lesbian Prime Minister responds to homophobic vitriol from own government

Ana Brnabić, Serbian’s first female – and first LGBT – Prime Minister has responded to homophobic comments coming from within the government. Minister Nenad Popović tweeted out earlier last week: “We are fighting as a state to increase the birth rate, but at the same time we import gay picture books from Croatia! This needs to stop immediately! We must [resist] those who want to convince us that it’s okay to say ‘Roko has two moms, and Ana has two dads’.”

 

Brnabić responded: “His job is to make sure Roko, Stefan, Milos, and any other child stays in Serbia, instead of dealing with who their parents are. That statement is not fully in the spirit of tolerance that this government of Serbia wants to promote. I think he mixed up every topic in that statement. There’s no correlation between the birth rate and somebody being gay. Gay persons, too, have reproductive organs, and nobody, no government in the world can decide whether or not they’ll have children.

 

This is not the first time Brnabić has had to face homophobia from the Serbian government. Many politicians refused to support her leadership because she is gay. Speaking at Belgrade Pride last year she said: “Many criticize me. As a representative of the state, I am proud that our country has adopted anti-discrimination laws. The level of discrimination of minority groups and members of national communities is in decline.”


Homosexuality was only declassified as a mental illness in 2008 in the country. There is currently a ban on same-sex marriage and no rights for same-sex couples with children.



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