The youth exchange gathered over 40 participants from Croatia, Jordan, Georgia, Greece, Italy and Malta. It was held in Karlobag in September 2018. The goals of the project included helping LGBTI youth of faith to make peace between their faith and sexuality/gender identity.
Razmjena mladih okupila je više od 40 sudionika iz Hrvatske, Jordana, Gruzije, Grčke, Italije i Malte. Održana je u Karlobagu u rujnu 2018. Među ciljevima projekta bilo je pomoći LGBTI mladima koji su vjernici da pomire svoju vjeru sa seksualnošću ili rodnim identitetom.
In the project the participants tackled the issue religion plays in lives of
U projektu su se sudionici bavili ulogom koju religija ima u životima
sexual and gender minorities (LGBTI). The religion influences the lives of LGBTI youth in the following ways:
seksualnih i rodnih manjina (LGBTI). Religija utječe na živote LGBTI mladih na sljedeće načine:
- many LGBTI people are religious and are conflicted between their sexuality and their religion
- mnoge su LGBTI osobe religiozne i razapete su između svoje seksualnosti i svoje religije
- even when LGBTI people are not religious many of their friends and family are, which makes coming out far more difficult
- čak i kad LGBTI osobe nisu religiozne, mnogi njihovi prijatelji i članovi obitelji jesu, zbog čega je coming out mnogo teži
- religion is often used as a pretext for the opposition in fighting against rights for LGBTI people, which can create resentment among LGBTI people against religion.
- protivnici se često služe religijom kao izgovorom u borbi protiv prava LGBTI osoba, što kod LGBTI osoba može stvoriti ogorčenost prema religiji.
Due to that, it is not uncommon for LGBTI people to develop stereotypes and prejudices against religions and religious people.
Zbog toga nije rijetkost da LGBTI osobe razviju stereotipe i predrasude prema religijama i religioznim ljudima.
The mission of the project was to provide LGBTI youth with competencies to make peace between their sexuality and their faith, which will significantly contribute to their psychological well-being. Also, this project has enable young people to better interact with their religious family and friends by using “religious” language and stories to portrait
Misija projekta bila je LGBTI mladima dati kompetencije da pomire svoju seksualnost i svoju vjeru, što će znatno pridonijeti njihovoj psihičkoj dobrobiti. Osim toga, ovaj je projekt omogućio mladima da se bolje sporazumijevaju sa svojom religioznom obitelji i prijateljima tako što se služe “religijskim” jezikom i pričama kako bi prikazali
their sexuality and gender identity in a more positive light than most religions do. Also, the project enabled cisgender and heterosexual to better understand the problems –discrimination and exclusion – LGBTI youth face in their everyday life.
svoju seksualnost i rodni identitet u pozitivnijem svjetlu nego što to čini većina religija. Projekt je također omogućio cisrodnim i heteroseksualnim osobama da bolje razumiju probleme –diskriminaciju i isključenost – s kojima se LGBTI mladi suočavaju u svakodnevnom životu.
In this project the participants learned what the Holy Books – Bible and Quran – say about LGBTI issues and what are the problems in interpretation of these verses.The participants learned that there is no obvious and direct condemnation of loving and monogamous same-sex relationships in either Bible or Quran and that both the Christian and Muslim traditions recognised the existence of trans people (mukhannathun in Islamic tradition and eunuchs in Judeo-Christian tradition) without portraying them sinners.
U ovom su projektu sudionici naučili što svete knjige – Biblija i Kuran – govore o LGBTI temama i koji su problemi u tumačenju tih stihova. Sudionici su naučili da ni u Bibliji ni u Kuranu nema očite i izravne osude istospolnih veza punih ljubavi i monogamnih te da su i kršćanska i muslimanska tradicija priznavale postojanje trans osoba (mukhannathun u islamskoj tradiciji i eunusi u judeokršćanskoj tradiciji), a da ih pritom nisu prikazivale kao grešnike.
