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'''Simon Maljevac''' (born 26 February 1981) is a [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] [[List of LGBT rights activists|LGBT rights activist]], politician and current Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia. He was the [[general-secretary]] of the [[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]] from 2018 to 2022
==Early life==
Maljevac was born 26 February 1981 in [[Postojna]].<ref name="govsi">{{cite web |title=Simon Maljevac - Minister of Solidarity-Based Future |url=https://www.gov.si/en/state-authori...sed-future/about-the-ministry/simon-maljevac/ |publisher=[[Government of Slovenia]] |access-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023032...sed-future/about-the-ministry/simon-maljevac/ |archive-date=28 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Predstavitev kandidatov 2018 |url=https://www.levica.si/levica-predstavitev-kandidatov/ |publisher=[[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]] |access-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522200131/https://www.levica.si/levica-predstavitev-kandidatov/ |archive-date=22 May 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> He has a degree in [[sociology]] from the [[University of Ljubljana]] (2012).<ref name="govsi"/> Maljevac is homosexual.<ref name="Mladina">{{cite news |last1=Trampuš |first1=Jure |title=Prvi minister, ki je odkrito gej |url=https://www.mladina.si/216428/prvi-minister-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Mladina]] |date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023011...na.si/216428/prvi-minister-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |archive-date=11 January 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref><ref name="metronovice">{{cite news |title=Slovenija bo dobila prvega ODKRITEGA gej ministra |url=https://www.metropolitan.si/novice/slovenija/slovenija-bo-dobila-prvega-ministra-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Metro Novice |date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022052...-bo-dobila-prvega-ministra-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |archive-date=24 May 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref>
==Career==
Maljevac worked for communications engineering agency Directa and Legebitra, a [[LGBT]] [[NGO]].<ref name="govsi"/> During his tenure as head of Legebitra from 2007 to 2017 the organisation became the largest LGBT group in Slovenia.<ref name="govsi"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Weiss |first1=Monika |title=Simon Maljevac / »Najem stanovanja je čisto legitimna izbira in nikakor ne pomeni, da si kaj manj dosegel v življenju, če ga nimaš v lasti« |url=https://www.mladina.si/223105/simon...izbira-in-nikakor-ne-pomeni-da-si-kaj-manj-d/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Mladina]] |date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023060...izbira-in-nikakor-ne-pomeni-da-si-kaj-manj-d/ |archive-date=2 June 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> He was the Slovenian representative in the EU Network group of [[ILGA-Europe]] in 2006 and president of [[IGLYO]] from 2007 to 2009.<ref name="govsi"/><ref name="Dnevnik">{{cite news |title=Kandidata Levice za ministra za kulturo in delo sta Asta Vrečko in Simon Maljevac |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042989232 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Dnevnik |agency=[[Slovenian Press Agency]] |date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008183558/https://www.dnevnik.si/1042989232 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> He and Nika Kovač founded the Inštitut 8. marec in 2016.<ref name="Mladina"/><ref name="metronovice"/> He was head of the monitoring, awareness-raising and prevention department at the Advocate of the Principle of Equality (Zagovornik načela enakosti) from 2017 to 2018.<ref name="govsi"/> He has also worked with the Ministry of Health, The Peace Institute, and the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities on several projects.<ref name="govsi"/> Maljevac was also [[editor-in-chief]] of the ''Narobe'' magazine.<ref name="govsi"/><ref name="Mladina"/> He has also been an academic and co-authored several scientific papers.<ref name="govsi"/>
Maljevac was one of the leading members of the "Čas je ZA" group which campaigned for a yes vote during the unsuccessful [[2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum]].<ref name="Mladina"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kuhar |first1=Roman |title=Nika Kovač in Simon Maljevac: Bil je čas ZA |url=https://narobe.si/nika-kovac-in-simon-maljevac-bil-je-cas-za/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Narobe |date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023051...i/nika-kovac-in-simon-maljevac-bil-je-cas-za/ |archive-date=18 May 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> After the referendum he joined [[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]] as he claimed that it was the only party that fully supported amending the Family Code.<ref name="Mladina"/><ref name="metronovice"/> He was the [[general-secretary]] of the The Left from 2018 to 2022.<ref name="govsi"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Eržen |first1=Barbara |last2=Kos |first2=Suzana |title=Levica prva v vrsti menjav generalnih sekretarjev |url=https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/levica-prva-v-vrsti-menjav-generalnih-sekretarjev/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Delo (newspaper)|Delo]] |date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022100...a-prva-v-vrsti-menjav-generalnih-sekretarjev/ |archive-date=8 October 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> At the [[2018 Slovenian parliamentary election]] Maljevac was a The Left candidate in Kranj but was not elected.<ref name="volitve18">{{cite web |title=Early election to the National Assembly 2018: Election Results - By Electoral Districts |url=https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/dz2018/en/#/rezultati |publisher=State Election Commission |access-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203011042/https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/dz2018/en/#/rezultati |archive-date=3 December 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia}}</ref> At the [[2022 Slovenian parliamentary election]] he was a The Left candidate in Celje but was again not elected.<ref name="volitve22">{{cite web |title=Election to the National Assembly 2022: Election Results - By Electoral Districts |url=https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/dz2022/en/#/rezultati |publisher=State Election Commission |access-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia}}</ref>
Following the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election The Left became a junior partner in the [[15th Government of Slovenia|government]] of [[Prime Minister of Slovenia|Prime Minister]] [[Robert Golob]]. Maljevac was a candidate to be Minister of Labor, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities but the post was instead given to [[Luka Mesec]].<ref name="Dnevnik"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Zadnji ministrski kandidati so Asta Vrečko, Simon Maljevac (oba Levica) in Irena Šinko (GS) |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/zad...-maljevac-oba-levica-in-irena-sinko-gs/627685 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija |publisher=[[Radiotelevizija Slovenija]] |date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023012...-maljevac-oba-levica-in-irena-sinko-gs/627685 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> It had been intended that Mesec would head the newly created Ministry for a Solidary Future but this was abandoned after the far-right [[Slovenian Democratic Party]] threatened to submit the creation of the new ministry to a national referendum.<ref>{{cite news |title=Svet Levice potrdil: Kandidat za ministra za solidarno prihodnost je Maljevac |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/sve...ra-za-solidarno-prihodnost-je-maljevac/649573 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija |publisher=[[Radiotelevizija Slovenija]] |date=2 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023011...ra-za-solidarno-prihodnost-je-maljevac/649573 |archive-date=14 January 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> Maljevac was instead appointed State Secretary with responsibility for equal opportunities, family, disabled persons, older people and deinstitutionalisation at the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.<ref name="govsi"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Po napadu na Niko Kovač: policija razkrila več informacij #video |url=https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/p...niko-kovac-policija-se-brez-informacij-590884 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Siol]] |publisher=TSmedia |date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023021...niko-kovac-policija-se-brez-informacij-590884 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> In January 2023 he was promoted to Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bešter |first1=Saša |title=Minister za solidarno prihodnost Simon Maljevac: »Slovenci smo solidarni!« |url=https://www.domzalske-novice.si/202...odnost-simon-maljevac-slovenci-smo-solidarni/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=Domžalske novice |date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023120...odnost-simon-maljevac-slovenci-smo-solidarni/ |archive-date=1 December 2023 |location=Domžale, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=DZ s 55 glasovi potrdil listo ministrskih kandidatov |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/dz-s-55-glasovi-potrdil-listo-ministrskih-kandidatov/655412 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija |publisher=[[Radiotelevizija Slovenija]] |date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023032...i-potrdil-listo-ministrskih-kandidatov/655412 |archive-date=24 March 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Maljevac lives with his partner, academic Roman Kuhar, in [[Šenčur]].<ref name="Mladina"/><ref name="metronovice"/>
==Electoral history==
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| [[2018 Slovenian parliamentary election|2018 parliamentary]]<ref name="volitve18"/> || Kranj || Kranj 2 || {{party color cell|The Left (Slovenia)}} || [[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]] || align=right|1,141 || Not elected
|-
| [[2022 Slovenian parliamentary election|2022 parliamentary]]<ref name="volitve22"/> || Celje || Celje 2 || {{party color cell|The Left (Slovenia)}} || [[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]] || align=right|814 || Not elected
|}
==Works==
* {{cite book |last1=Maljevac |first1=Simon |last2=Kuhar |first2=Roman |last3=Šalamon |first3=Neža Kogovšek |last4=Humer |first4=Živa |title=Obrazi homofobije |date=2011 |publisher=Mirovni inštitut |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |url=https://www.mirovni-institut.si/en/publications/obrazi-homofobije-the-faces-of-homophobia/ |language=sl |trans-title=The Faces of Homophobia |name-list-style=amp |author-mask=2 |isbn=978-961-6455-66-4}}<ref name="Mladina"/>
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'''Simon Maljevac''' (born 26 February 1981) is a [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] [[List of LGBT rights activists|LGBT rights activist]], politician and current Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia. He was the [[general-secretary]] of the [[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]] from 2018 to 2022
==Early life==
Maljevac was born 26 February 1981 in [[Postojna]].<ref name="govsi">{{cite web |title=Simon Maljevac - Minister of Solidarity-Based Future |url=https://www.gov.si/en/state-authori...sed-future/about-the-ministry/simon-maljevac/ |publisher=[[Government of Slovenia]] |access-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023032...sed-future/about-the-ministry/simon-maljevac/ |archive-date=28 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Predstavitev kandidatov 2018 |url=https://www.levica.si/levica-predstavitev-kandidatov/ |publisher=[[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]] |access-date=27 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522200131/https://www.levica.si/levica-predstavitev-kandidatov/ |archive-date=22 May 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> He has a degree in [[sociology]] from the [[University of Ljubljana]] (2012).<ref name="govsi"/> Maljevac is homosexual.<ref name="Mladina">{{cite news |last1=Trampuš |first1=Jure |title=Prvi minister, ki je odkrito gej |url=https://www.mladina.si/216428/prvi-minister-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Mladina]] |date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023011...na.si/216428/prvi-minister-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |archive-date=11 January 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref><ref name="metronovice">{{cite news |title=Slovenija bo dobila prvega ODKRITEGA gej ministra |url=https://www.metropolitan.si/novice/slovenija/slovenija-bo-dobila-prvega-ministra-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Metro Novice |date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022052...-bo-dobila-prvega-ministra-ki-je-odkrito-gej/ |archive-date=24 May 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref>
==Career==
Maljevac worked for communications engineering agency Directa and Legebitra, a [[LGBT]] [[NGO]].<ref name="govsi"/> During his tenure as head of Legebitra from 2007 to 2017 the organisation became the largest LGBT group in Slovenia.<ref name="govsi"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Weiss |first1=Monika |title=Simon Maljevac / »Najem stanovanja je čisto legitimna izbira in nikakor ne pomeni, da si kaj manj dosegel v življenju, če ga nimaš v lasti« |url=https://www.mladina.si/223105/simon...izbira-in-nikakor-ne-pomeni-da-si-kaj-manj-d/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Mladina]] |date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023060...izbira-in-nikakor-ne-pomeni-da-si-kaj-manj-d/ |archive-date=2 June 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> He was the Slovenian representative in the EU Network group of [[ILGA-Europe]] in 2006 and president of [[IGLYO]] from 2007 to 2009.<ref name="govsi"/><ref name="Dnevnik">{{cite news |title=Kandidata Levice za ministra za kulturo in delo sta Asta Vrečko in Simon Maljevac |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042989232 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Dnevnik |agency=[[Slovenian Press Agency]] |date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008183558/https://www.dnevnik.si/1042989232 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> He and Nika Kovač founded the Inštitut 8. marec in 2016.<ref name="Mladina"/><ref name="metronovice"/> He was head of the monitoring, awareness-raising and prevention department at the Advocate of the Principle of Equality (Zagovornik načela enakosti) from 2017 to 2018.<ref name="govsi"/> He has also worked with the Ministry of Health, The Peace Institute, and the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities on several projects.<ref name="govsi"/> Maljevac was also [[editor-in-chief]] of the ''Narobe'' magazine.<ref name="govsi"/><ref name="Mladina"/> He has also been an academic and co-authored several scientific papers.<ref name="govsi"/>
Maljevac was one of the leading members of the "Čas je ZA" group which campaigned for a yes vote during the unsuccessful [[2015 Slovenian same-sex marriage referendum]].<ref name="Mladina"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kuhar |first1=Roman |title=Nika Kovač in Simon Maljevac: Bil je čas ZA |url=https://narobe.si/nika-kovac-in-simon-maljevac-bil-je-cas-za/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Narobe |date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023051...i/nika-kovac-in-simon-maljevac-bil-je-cas-za/ |archive-date=18 May 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> After the referendum he joined [[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]] as he claimed that it was the only party that fully supported amending the Family Code.<ref name="Mladina"/><ref name="metronovice"/> He was the [[general-secretary]] of the The Left from 2018 to 2022.<ref name="govsi"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Eržen |first1=Barbara |last2=Kos |first2=Suzana |title=Levica prva v vrsti menjav generalnih sekretarjev |url=https://www.delo.si/novice/slovenija/levica-prva-v-vrsti-menjav-generalnih-sekretarjev/ |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Delo (newspaper)|Delo]] |date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2022100...a-prva-v-vrsti-menjav-generalnih-sekretarjev/ |archive-date=8 October 2022 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> At the [[2018 Slovenian parliamentary election]] Maljevac was a The Left candidate in Kranj but was not elected.<ref name="volitve18">{{cite web |title=Early election to the National Assembly 2018: Election Results - By Electoral Districts |url=https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/dz2018/en/#/rezultati |publisher=State Election Commission |access-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203011042/https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/dz2018/en/#/rezultati |archive-date=3 December 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia}}</ref> At the [[2022 Slovenian parliamentary election]] he was a The Left candidate in Celje but was again not elected.<ref name="volitve22">{{cite web |title=Election to the National Assembly 2022: Election Results - By Electoral Districts |url=https://www.dvk-rs.si/arhivi/dz2022/en/#/rezultati |publisher=State Election Commission |access-date=28 April 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia}}</ref>
Following the 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election The Left became a junior partner in the [[15th Government of Slovenia|government]] of [[Prime Minister of Slovenia|Prime Minister]] [[Robert Golob]]. Maljevac was a candidate to be Minister of Labor, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities but the post was instead given to [[Luka Mesec]].<ref name="Dnevnik"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Zadnji ministrski kandidati so Asta Vrečko, Simon Maljevac (oba Levica) in Irena Šinko (GS) |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/zad...-maljevac-oba-levica-in-irena-sinko-gs/627685 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija |publisher=[[Radiotelevizija Slovenija]] |date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023012...-maljevac-oba-levica-in-irena-sinko-gs/627685 |archive-date=27 January 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> It had been intended that Mesec would head the newly created Ministry for a Solidary Future but this was abandoned after the far-right [[Slovenian Democratic Party]] threatened to submit the creation of the new ministry to a national referendum.<ref>{{cite news |title=Svet Levice potrdil: Kandidat za ministra za solidarno prihodnost je Maljevac |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/sve...ra-za-solidarno-prihodnost-je-maljevac/649573 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija |publisher=[[Radiotelevizija Slovenija]] |date=2 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023011...ra-za-solidarno-prihodnost-je-maljevac/649573 |archive-date=14 January 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> Maljevac was instead appointed State Secretary with responsibility for equal opportunities, family, disabled persons, older people and deinstitutionalisation at the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.<ref name="govsi"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Po napadu na Niko Kovač: policija razkrila več informacij #video |url=https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/p...niko-kovac-policija-se-brez-informacij-590884 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=[[Siol]] |publisher=TSmedia |date=26 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023021...niko-kovac-policija-se-brez-informacij-590884 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref> In January 2023 he was promoted to Minister of Solidarity-Based Future of Slovenia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bešter |first1=Saša |title=Minister za solidarno prihodnost Simon Maljevac: »Slovenci smo solidarni!« |url=https://www.domzalske-novice.si/202...odnost-simon-maljevac-slovenci-smo-solidarni/ |access-date=27 April 2024 |work=Domžalske novice |date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023120...odnost-simon-maljevac-slovenci-smo-solidarni/ |archive-date=1 December 2023 |location=Domžale, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=DZ s 55 glasovi potrdil listo ministrskih kandidatov |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/dz-s-55-glasovi-potrdil-listo-ministrskih-kandidatov/655412 |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=Multimedijski center RTV Slovenija |publisher=[[Radiotelevizija Slovenija]] |date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2023032...i-potrdil-listo-ministrskih-kandidatov/655412 |archive-date=24 March 2023 |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |language=sl}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Maljevac lives with his partner, academic Roman Kuhar, in [[Šenčur]].<ref name="Mladina"/><ref name="metronovice"/>
==Electoral history==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Electoral history of Simon Maljevac
! scope=col|Election
! scope=col|Constituency
! scope=col|Electoral District
! scope=col colspan="2"|Party
! scope=col|Votes
! scope=col|Result
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| [[2018 Slovenian parliamentary election|2018 parliamentary]]<ref name="volitve18"/> || Kranj || Kranj 2 || {{party color cell|The Left (Slovenia)}} || [[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]] || align=right|1,141 || Not elected
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| [[2022 Slovenian parliamentary election|2022 parliamentary]]<ref name="volitve22"/> || Celje || Celje 2 || {{party color cell|The Left (Slovenia)}} || [[The Left (Slovenia)|The Left]] || align=right|814 || Not elected
|}
==Works==
* {{cite book |last1=Maljevac |first1=Simon |last2=Kuhar |first2=Roman |last3=Šalamon |first3=Neža Kogovšek |last4=Humer |first4=Živa |title=Obrazi homofobije |date=2011 |publisher=Mirovni inštitut |location=Ljubljana, Slovenia |url=https://www.mirovni-institut.si/en/publications/obrazi-homofobije-the-faces-of-homophobia/ |language=sl |trans-title=The Faces of Homophobia |name-list-style=amp |author-mask=2 |isbn=978-961-6455-66-4}}<ref name="Mladina"/>
==References==
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