Photographer Jill Peters has travelled to the remote mountain villages of Albania to capture the extraordinary lives of “Burnesha” – women forced to live their entire lives as men. The result is a fascinating series of portraits of some of…
What happened to the once widespread male prostitution on the Croatian coastline? Our editor Lily Lynch gets in touch with some of the boys still operating Bronzed, brawny and glistening with suntan oil, the gigolos of coastal Croatia have long…
Belgrade Pride has been banned once again. After a lesbian flash mob wedding in the city centre, a controversial art exhibition on sex, politics and religion is on its way. God-fearing ultranationalists are ready to strike and the government is…
The controversial Bulgarian fashion editorial featuring images of beaten and disfigured models caused an outpour of contempt across the Internet. Is it ‘art’ or mere sexploitation? Titled ‘Victim of Beauty’, the editorial of Bulgarian 12 Magazine features models with facial…
Serbian transsexual prostitutes offer a peek into their lives on the Belgrade streets and the violent sexual abuse they suffer from the police. And they do it in a killer on-stage performance Last week, in a theater in central Belgrade,…
Bulgarians know how to get to the point Yes, prom is that special event in your life when you celebrate the useless years you spent in high school getting drunk, cheating on maths and trying to get laid. It’s also…
Part two of some of the best Yugoslav pro-gay music videos and song lyrics from the 1970s onwards. Ranging from post-punk to electro-pop to traditional folk, many of these tracks were written by some of the coolest regional artists, back…
We’ve compiled some of the best Yugoslav pro-gay music videos and song lyrics from the 1970s onwards. Ranging from post-punk to electro-pop to traditional folk, many of these tracks were written by some of the coolest regional artists, back in…
Lily Lynch jumps into the virtual world to find out who the hell is this transhumanist, blogger, activist, conceptual artist and Second Life genderqueer prostitute. If you’d like to see for yourself, you can catch up with Khannea in person…
Does multiculturalism present a failed experiment of pseudo-democracy, or it is still a realistic option? What are the costs of the adaptation to new socio-economic and cultural contexts? Young Montenegrin visual artist Bojana Radulovic raised these questions in her “illegal…
The original hipsters: a piece of Yugoslav streetwear history The real hipsters started their journey in ex Yugoslavia. Welcome to 1985 Split, Croatia, the cradle of the hottest legs in the Balkans
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The real Croatian hipsters (Split 1980s) A piece of street history from Split, Croatia 1985 showing a high awareness of popular fashion of the time. Not much different from what...
Bulgarian prom day Yes, prom is that special event in your life when you celebrate the useless years you spent in high school getting drunk, cheating on ma...
Bturn throne at EXIT Festival We ran the so called vip stage at EXIT 2012 and we brought a pack of wolves to keep us busy on our throne.
