“Democracy for All” Political Participation of LGBTI Persons in the Western Balkans Conference Summary

“Democracy for All” Political Participation of LGBTI Persons in the Western Balkans Conference Summary

The Conference “Democracy for All: Political Participation of LGBTI Persons in the Western Balkans” was held in Belgrade, Serbia from September 15th to 17th 2015, bringing together nearly 150 participants from the civil society and governmental sector from countries throughout the Balkans. This publication provides a summary of the conference, which was part of a broader 3-year project that focused on political leadership and represented a continuation of Victory Institute’s and Labris’s strategy to increase the political participation of LGBTQ people in the Balkans.