Grab something sturdy because there's tremendous ground-breaking on going on in the Elle empire! The fashion mag has unleashed the January 2013 cover of its Serbian edition starring none other than Andrej Pejic on the cover marking the first time a trans model has held such esteem at the publication. 

The European Commission has laid down the law in a new statement that bodes well for the LGBT community of member states looking to get in on the EU action; no longer will prospective European Union members with poor LGBT rights records be allowed into the cool club. Details follow. 

Justice has been served in Serbia today as homophobic terrorist Mladen Obradović receives a lengthy jail sentence for issuing death threats against his country's gay community. Details follow. 

Apparently the crazies in Serbia didn't get the memo that police had already canceled the Pride parade Sunday. Details after the jump.

Belgrade's gay Pride was scheduled for yesterday, but was canceled by organizers after credible threats of violence were made against the event. Now, in the wake of what the Serbian anti-gay extremists have hailed a victory against “infidels and Satanists” the Serbian government is considering a ban on all groups that threaten violence against others.

Would such a move hamper extreme homophobia and violence against Serbia's GLBT?