“Who is Missing from the Table?”: LGBTQIA+ Environmental and Testimonial (In)justice and Everyday Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract This article examines the intersection of environmental and testimonial injustice and everyday peace in the lived experiences of 43 LGBTQIA+ individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereafter Bosnia). Expanding environmental (in)justice, testimonial (in)justice and everyday peace as Queer individuals of Bosnia establish and maintain shared community spaces, this article argues that increased homophobia in Bosnia reduces queer people’s engagement with socio-environmental spaces, and this leads to testimonial and environmental injustice in everyday spaces and restricts everyday peace opportunities with one another. Drawing on participant narratives collected through interviews that reflect their courage, resistance and personal risk, the article identifies five key findings that illustrate how queer voices are often discredited and silenced. The participants’ stories shed light on how they persist in their advocacy against social and systemic oppression by enacting personalised strategies of peacebuilding with community building, managing self-disclosure and fighting for a future where queer people can be visible, respected and safe from violence.