Biography

Predrag Azdejković (Serbian: Предраг Аздејковић; born 15 July 1978) is Serbian LGBT human rights activist, journalist, writer, film and theater producer. Azdejković is director of Gay Lesbian Info Center, director of Merlinka festival, editor in chief of Serbian only gay magazine Optimist, producer of several short films and documentaries and several award-winning theater plays that all are dedicated to LGBT population. He is a member of Journalists' Association of Serbia. Predrag Azdejković was born on 15 July 1978 in Leonberg, West Germany.

Until his sixth year, he lived in Germany and in 1984 he moved to Serbia, which was then part of Yugoslavia. He is a founder of GayEcho web portal, editor of Rainbow column in Yellow Cab monthly guide, founder and editor in chief of the only Serbian gay magazine Optimist, director and selector of International queer film festival Merlinka. He wrote for several Serbian media such as daily Sutra, Borba, web portal E-novine, weekly Vreme, monthly Status, Beton. In 2006 he became VIP blogger at B92 blog. In 2006 he co-authored the book Others - From patriarchal construction to alternative politics. He published satirical book Time of hemorrhoids in 2011. In 2017 he co-authored the book I have something to say to you - Return from Brisbane and other stories