(ANSAmed) - PODGORICA, FEBRUARY 21 - Sixty percent of
Montenegrins consider homosexuality an illness, according to a
survey carried out recently in the small Balkan country.
In the survey, conducted by the Centre for Civic Education (CGO)
and the gay movement Progres in collaboration with the Canadian
embassy in Podgorica, 52% say they support the right of
homosexuals to publicly declare their sexual orientation,
compared with 45% who are against it. Another 25% say they
believe that homosexuals are a group of people at risk and who
should be helped to achieve their rights, a statement rejected
by 40% of the respondents.
Even neighbouring Serbia homosexual are looked on with suspicion
and oftentimes with open hostility. Last October's Gay Pride
event scheduled to take place in Belgrade was called off at the
last moment due to serious threats from a group of homophobic
extremists and ultra-nationalists, who had threatened to carry
out acts of violence and cause incidents. (ANSAmed).
