LGBTIQ activism on the example of Zagreb Pride

Diplomski rad prikazuje aktivističko djelovanje LGBTIQ zajednice u Zagrebu, odnosno na Zagreb Prideu koji se kontinuirano održava od 2002. godine te je postao najdugovječniji prosvjed u Hrvatskoj. Zagreb Pride događaj je čija je svrha promovirati i slaviti seksualne i rodne različitosti te istovremeno propitivati društveno-političke probleme i zahtijevati njihovo rješavanje. Rad se fokusira na društveno-političke okolnosti u kojima se održavaju Povorke ponosa u Zagrebu te na iskustva aktivista. Cilj je prikazati i analizirati razloge aktivističke angažiranosti na Zagreb Prideu, kako aktivisti doživljavaju svoj čin prosvjedovanja te koji su njihovi stavovi o takvom obliku prosvjeda. Kao metoda istraživanja korišteni su polustrukturirani intervjui, promatranje sa sudjelovanjem te analiza diskurza.This master thesis presents the activist actions of the LGBTIQ community in Zagreb, at the Zagreb Pride which has been held continuously since 2002 and has become the longest running protest in Croatia. Zagreb Pride is an event whose purpose is to promote and celebrate sexual and gender diversities and at the same time question socio-political problems and demand their solution. The paper focuses on the socio-political circumstances in which the Pride Parades is held in Zagreb and on the experiences of activists. The aim is to present and analyse the reasons for activist engagement at Zagreb Pride, how activists perceive their act of protest and what are their attitudes on this form of protest. Semi-structured interviews, participant observation and discourse analysis were used as research methods