Press release about anouncing the Pride parade in MontenegroIzjava povodom najave Povorke ponosa u Crnoj Gori

LGBT Forum Progress, the first transparent LGBT organization in Montenegro, on the March 2011, declared and incorporated in its program activities the organization of the first Montenegrin Pride parade. The first Pride has been delayed because of the lack of political will and because of security issues.

LGBT Forum Progres, prva transparentna LGBT organizacija u Crnoj Gori, marta 2011. je najavio i u svoje programske prioritete uvrstio organizaciju i održavanje prvog crnogorskog Prajda/Povorke. Prva zakazana povorka je odlozena zbog nedostatka politčke volje i nedovoljnih bezbjednostnih garancija.

From that moment the LGBT Forum Progress became aware of the significance of the partnership with all the institutions of the system, and we became fully committed to the capacity building, as well as the building of trust and the development of the LGBT community.

The Organizing Committee for the organization of Pride exists, orderly and efficient in its functioning. Its key activities this year are intensive police training, working with the police to prepare such a risk event, building trust and intensive consultations with the LGBT community in relation to its true needs.

We believe that certain statements in connection with the organization of Pride assess are unfair and not in the spirit of good partnership. Such relation has not been recorded in the Montenegrin civil society.

LGBT Forum Progress cherishes the values of civil society and acts correctly, fairly and with respect to everyone else’s past work.

LGBT Forum Progress will share the partnership of this historically important event with all the benevolent subjects and individuals as we have done so far in all of its program activities.

LGBT Forum Progress will continue the consultations the LGBT community and other organizations that gather or work with LGBT people. This means that we will unreservedly establish contact with the Queer Montenegro and Juventas and seek necessary clarifications.

We believe that this year there are no conditions for the Pride organization and that it is primarily caused by the needs and priorities of the LGBT community, its capacity and the visibility. In addition, we have to continue to work on the social acceptance of LGBT people and the development of systemic capacities.

Political support from the Montenegrin government and the political elite is no longer controversial. It exists, it is a strong and transparent. We will be happy to organize this event with all of those who do not care for self commercialization, marketing campaigns, or doing harm to anyone.

Od tog trenutka LGBT Forum Progres je shvatio značaj partnerstva sa svim sistemskim institucijama i posvetio se izgradnji kapaciteta, povjerenja i razvoju LGBT zajednice.

Organizacioni odbor za organizaciju Povorke ponosa postoji, uredno i efikasno funkcioniše. Njegove ključne aktivnosti u ovoj godini su intezivne policijske obuke, rad sa policijom za pripremu tako rizičnog događaja, izgradnja povjerenja i intezivne konsultacije sa LGBT zajednicom u vezi s njenim istinskim potrebama.

Pojedine istupe u vezi sa organizacijom Pride-a ocjenjujemo nekorektnim i nekolegijalnim. Takva nekolegijalnost do sada nije zabilježena u crnogorskom civilnom društvu.
LGBT Forum Progres njeguje vrijednosti civilnog društva i korektno se i pošteno i sa uvažavanjem odnosi prema svačijem tuđem minulom radu.

LGBT Forum Progres partnerstvo na organizaciji, ovako istorijski važnog događaja, podijeliće sa svim dobronamjernim subjektima i pojedincima kao što je to činio i u svim svojim programskim aktivnostima do sada.

LGBT Forum Progres će nastaviti konsultacije LGBT zajednicom i drugim organizacijama koje okupljaju ili rade sa LGBT osobama. To znači da ćemo bez ikakvih rezervi uspostaviti kontakt sa Kvir Montenegrom i Juventasom i zatražiti potrebna pojašnjenja.

Mi cijenimo da u ovoj godini nema uslova za organizaciju Povorke i da je to prije svega uslovljeno potrebama i prioritetima LGBT zajednice, njenim izgrađenim kapacitetima i vidljivošću. Uz to treba da nastavimo da radimo na društvenom prihvatanju LGBT osoba i razvoju sistemskih kapacieteta.

Politička podrška crnogorske Vlade i političke elite više nije upitna. Ona postoji, snažna je i transparetna. Bićemo srećni da organizaciju ovakvog događaja podijelimo sa svima kojima nije do samoreklamerstva, marketinške kampanje, i nanošenja štete bilo kome.