LGBT – rroma.org https://rroma.org Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:35:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png LGBT – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 LGBTQ+ and a song https://rroma.org/lgbtq-and-a-song/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lgbtq-and-a-song Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:35:52 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=34086 A controversy has erupted around Azis’s new song “Mangava tu” due to the use of the phrase “aman от pedali,” which has been criticized as homophobic by LGBTQ+ communities.

Critics argue that Azis, who is openly gay, is normalizing hate speech against sexual minorities, while supporters claim he is using a term familiar within the gay community.

Drag queen Malina Yank defended Azis, stating that within the LGBTQ+ community, such terms can be used among members without malice, emphasizing the importance of artistic expression even if it may offend some.

]]> Géza Buzás-Hábel https://rroma.org/geza-buzas-habel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geza-buzas-habel Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:44:44 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31434 Géza Buzás-Hábel, a Roma and LGBT+ activist from Pecs, Hungary, has been indicted by the Hungarian justice for having organised a pride march in that city. He risks a year of jail if convicted under the laws banning so-called LGBT+ propaganda to protect the Hungarian youth.

]]> Prison? https://rroma.org/prison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prison Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:59:39 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30704 Géza Buzás-Hábel, a Roma gay and human right defender, who organized the Pécs Pride 2025 in Hungary, faces criminal charges for planning a peaceful march for LGBTI+ rights. The Pride in Pécs took place on October 4th despite a ban issued under Hungary’s “anti-Pride” law. He faces up to a year in prison.

He teaches Romani language and culture and trains future teachers. He has been organizing Pécs Pride – the only pride march in Hungary outside Budapest – for a long time.

]]> LGBT+ Roma https://rroma.org/lgbt-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lgbt-roma Wed, 09 Apr 2025 07:05:04 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27844 David Tišer is a well-known Czech Roma activist. He is the director of the Ara Art organization, which also supports LGBT+ people among the Roma. In his interview, he was asked why some Roma consider queer people ritually unclean and why coming out among Roma can be even harder than in mainstream society.

]]> A Young Talent https://rroma.org/25861-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=25861-2 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 12:41:43 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=25861 Last spring, only his classmates from the conservatory in Rimavská Sobota and friends from Detva in Slovakia knew him. But then in May he published a song with a video clip on the Internet and everything changed.

He is Rom, queer, and sings about the difficulties he is facing in a small Slovak town.

]]> Prague Pride https://rroma.org/prague-pride/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prague-pride Thu, 08 Aug 2024 06:18:58 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=24759 Prague Pride festival, which officially began on Monday evening on Strelecky Island in Prague. The LGBT+ festival is taking place for the fourteenth time. It culminates this coming Saturday with a rainbow pride parade. The organizers expect that 70,000 people could participate in it. The festival also includes a Roma program organized by ARA ART.

]]> Slovenia, Roma, and LGBT https://rroma.org/slovenia-roma-and-lgbt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovenia-roma-and-lgbt Thu, 25 Jul 2024 06:15:12 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=24615 The Slovenian government assessed that it is very important for the Roma community living in Slovenia to be educated in the field of the LGBT+ agenda. Thus, the Ministry of Culture financed a Slovenian-Roma LGBT dictionary prepared by the DIH Association and the Roma Academic Club. The translation is written in Prekmur Romanes. The dictionary of LGBTQ+ terms explains different sexual orientations and gender identities, and the personal experience of being gay in the Roma community is also added.

]]> Slovakia and LGBT+ Roma https://rroma.org/slovakia-and-lgbt-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-and-lgbt-roma Sat, 14 Jan 2023 08:00:50 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=19080 A discussion with Daniel Bunda, a gay Rom. He says it clearly, prejudice against LGBT+ is also present in the Roma community. It is so doubly difficult for him.

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