TGEU Countries: Serbia For the record 1. A trans woman sex worker was standing on the street with another sex worker when the police approached them and asked for their IDs. When one of the officers saw their IDs, he yelled at the trans woman: “I told you not to be here again!” Then he slapped her in the face and started kicking her. She replied that there was no reason to be aggressive, but the officer told her to leave, and that they would arrest her the next time they saw her. 2. A trans person was arrested for standing near a hot Trans sex workers used to be searched spot because she did not have her ID when the police by male police officers only. officer asked her to identify herself. She was then (ille- Now they are searched by female officers gally) asked to write a statement that she had had sex above the waist, for money, and she was sentenced to ten days in prison and by male officers below waist. for that offence and an additional ten days for not hav- Also, they used to cut their hair ing her ID. as short as possible as part of preparation 3. Two trans sex workers were standing near a hot spot for prison. when two football fans, obviously drunk, approached them and started insulting them. One of the women Mario Knezevic, sex-workers’ rights activist used her bag to defend herself, but one of perpetrators pulled out a knife. The other woman managed to hit him, as a result of which he dropped the knife and they left. + 86 + + 87 +