Dejan Nebrigić
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Dejan Nebrigić Дејан Небригић | |
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| Born | 29 December 1970 |
| Died | 29 December 1999 (aged 29) Pančevo, FR Yugoslavia |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Resting place | Catholic Cemetery, Pančevo |
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| Years active | 1990–1999 |
| Notable works | Lavirintski rečnik: Paris-New York |
Dejan Nebrigić (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Дејан Небригић; 29 December 1970 – 29 December 1999) was a Serbian gay and anti-war activist, writer and theatre critic. He was known as the initiator of the first trial of homophobic discrimination in Serbia. He was one of the founders of the LGBT movement in Serbia.
Together with Lepa Mlađenović and another ten signatories, Nebrigić participated in the founding of Arkadija, the first LGBT organization in Serbia in 1990.[1] The following year Nebrigić was one of the founders and co-editors of the anti-war magazine Pacifik, where he wrote on gay and lesbian themes.[2] Nebrigić was active in the Centre for Antiwar Action which was also founded in 1991.[citation needed]
Nebrigić was also a member of the Women in Black organization.[3][2] He was released from serving in the army, as he informed the recruiting committee that he was homosexual. He was the first anti-war activist to speak publicly about his sexuality in the media.[citation needed]
In 1997 in the Novi Sad newspaper Nebrigić published a gay themed Paris-New York travelogue.[4] The following year he published the para-philosophical Lavirintski rečnik (Labyrinth Dictionary). He also published works in journals such as Uznet, KulturTreger and ProFemina.[citation needed]
In 1998–1999, Nebrigić was the CEO of the Campaign Against Homophobia (which was financially supported by the Humanitarian Law Center and the European Youth Association). During this period he compiled and edited four booklet size reports documenting homophobia in Serbian public arena -- in the media, by politicians, incidents of attacks etc (25 to 40 pages each).
