Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic’s same-sex partner, Milica Djurdjic has given birth, in a first for a world leader. Serbia remains staunchly conservative with regards to same-sex rights, with no recognition of same-sex marriage and no avenue for adoption for same-sex couples. The country’s orthodox church is strongly in opposition to same-sex rights and has compared homosexuality to incest.
Though Prime Minister Ana Brnabic has joined LGBT+ pride events, she has yet to make a political push for same-sex unions, and declined to support legislation to that end in 2016.
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