Maribor skozi rožnata očala (MKC Maribor)

Maribor skozi rožnata očala ("Maribor through pink glasses") is the LGBTQIA+ programme of MKC Maribor, the city's youth cultural centre. It grew out of Lingsium, an informal group started in 2001, and has run under MKC since 2014. It is the nearest thing Maribor has to a queer community space: there is no gay bar in town. What it offers: a free peer support group, a monthly LGBTQ+ film night (Filmski TransFormator), monthly STI testing for men who have sex with men, workshops, occasional drag shows, free condoms and lube, and a small queer library. Most activities happen at MKC, Ob železnici 16 by the Pekarna complex, or at Kulturni inkubator, Koroška cesta 18. The team also organises Mavrični junij (Rainbow June) every June and the Maribor Pride march, held every two years. Dates go up on Instagram (@maribor_pride) and mkc.si.