塞尔维亚LGBTQ+社群正经历暴力事件的持续增加。[1]7月11日，拖曳皇后Aleksandar Savic（艺名Alexis Plastik）在公交车上被刺伤小腿和眼睛。[1]人权组织Da se Zna!的数据显示，去年记录了110起针对酷儿人群的案件，创下历史新高。[1]然而，大多数针对LGBTQ+人群的攻击未被调查，施暴者很少被追究责任。[1]
暴力问题的广泛程度从多个指标可见一斑。欧盟基本权利局最近的调查表明，80%的受访者避免在公众场合与伴侣牵手。[1]塞尔维亚在国际彩虹地图上的排名从五年前的第22位下降至第29位，低于欧洲平均水平六位。[1]7月中旬，位于中部地区Pirot的Pride Caravan活动因警方无法保证安全而被临时取消，期间三名记者遭暴徒攻击。[1]
对此，Matija Stefanovic表示，"这些暴力事件不是孤立事件，代表的是一个系统性问题"。[1]
Serbia's LGBTQ+ community is confronting an escalating wave of violent attacks, with human rights organizations documenting unprecedented levels of aggression against sexual and gender minorities. On July 11, drag performer Aleksandar Savic, known professionally as Alexis Plastik, was stabbed in the leg and eye aboard a public bus in Belgrade [1]. The incident represents part of a broader pattern: the organization Da se Zna! recorded 110 cases targeting queer individuals last year—a historic high—yet most attacks remain uninvestigated and perpetrators rarely face accountability [1].
The climate of fear has prompted widespread self-censorship among the community. According to a recent European Union Fundamental Rights Agency survey, 80 percent of respondents avoid holding their partner's hand in public [1]. This intimidation reflects a deteriorating human rights situation: Serbia has dropped from 22nd to 29th place on the international Rainbow Europe Index over the past five years, now ranking six positions below the European average [1]. The situation intensified in mid-July when authorities canceled a Pride Caravan event in Pirot, a central Serbian town, citing inability to guarantee participant safety; the decision followed an attack on three journalists by assailants [1]. Activist Matija Stefanovic characterized the violence as symptomatic of deeper systemic problems, stating: "These violent incidents are not isolated events; they represent a systematic problem" [1].