ERA – LGBTI
Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey is a Regional
Association of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer organizations
from Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North
Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey. Twenty-five LGBTI organizations from
the region founded the Association on 15 September 2015 and granted to ERA the
mandate to function as an umbrella organization at the regional and
international levels. The seat of the Association is in Belgrade, Serbia.
ERA’s mission
is to inspire positive change in the society, promote and advocate for human
rights of people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions,
and sex characteristics, by facilitating cooperation and providing resources
and capacity development for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
intersex persons (LGBTI) movement across the Balkans and Turkey.