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Added on: 10/25/2024

Nobody to each other

10/24/2024

When Alexey Bachinsky completed his journalism degree in 2011, he was already well aware that he could never work for Russian state television. Thankfully, at that time…

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Added on: 10/07/2024

Russian-style laws on rise in former Eastern Bloc countries eager to follow Georgia’s lead

10/06/2024

With Georgia passing yet another controversial law, this time against LGBTQ rights, a growing number of post-socialist EU states, such as Slovakia, Bulgaria and Hungary, appear eager…

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Added on: 09/05/2024

New Bulgarian LGBT+ Law Marginalizes Communities, Rights Groups Warn

09/04/2024

A law banning the portrayal of LGBT+ identities in Bulgarian educational institutions is just the latest piece of repressive legislation in a wider assault on minorities and…

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Added on: 08/25/2024

Bulgarian Teachers Say They Face Threats For Opposing Anti-LGBT ‘Propaganda In School’ Law

08/24/2024

Teachers in Bulgaria say they are facing threats for signing a petition opposing recently passed legislation banning “LGBT propaganda” in schools and point the finger of blame…

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Added on: 08/18/2024

Bulgaria’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law is official. Opponents beg EU to take action.

08/17/2024

Bulgaria on Friday officially published the text of a controversial law banning LGBTQ+ “propaganda” in schools after the country’s President Ruman Rudev failed to veto the bill…

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Added on: 08/17/2024

Bulgaria’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law is official. Opponents beg EU to take action.

08/16/2024

Bulgaria on Friday officially published the text of a controversial law banning LGBTQ+ “propaganda” in schools after the country’s President Ruman Rudev failed to veto the bill…

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Added on: 08/13/2024

Council Of Europe Urges Bulgaria To Scrap LGBTQ ‘Promotion’ Ban

08/12/2024

The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner on Monday said he was “deeply concerned” by an LGBTQ “promotion” ban passed by Bulgaria’s parliament, urging President Rumen Radev…

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Added on: 08/11/2024

Bulgarian Protesters Decry Move To Ban ‘Gay Propaganda’ In Schools

08/10/2024

“I am here because I believe that being an LGBT person is not propaganda,” said Simona, a 25-year-old woman who was protesting close to Bulgaria’s parliament. She…

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Added on: 08/10/2024

Protesters rally outside Bulgarian parliament to denounce ban on LGBTQ ‘propaganda’ in schools

08/09/2024

Protesters rallied outside Bulgaria’s parliament on Thursday to denounce a controversial legal amendment adopted the day before that bans talk of LGBTQ and so-called nontraditional sexual choices…

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Added on: 08/09/2024

Bulgaria’s parliament bans LGBT “propaganda” in schools

08/08/2024

The Bulgarian parliament banned on August 7 what it called propaganda of “untraditional sexual orientation” at schools by adopting amendments to the law on pre-school and school…

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Added on: 06/23/2024

“Let’s love a little more”. Sofia Pride is taking place for the 17th year

06/22/2024

Thousands of people gathered at the 17th Sofia Pride protest march on Saturday night. It is held every summer in defense of the rights of people from…

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Added on: 06/01/2024

Biden State Department Spending Millions on Foreign LGBTQ Events as ‘Pride Month’ Approaches

05/31/2024

The State Department is funding an array of LGBTQI+ pride events across the globe ahead of June, some of which include events focused on children, federal grant…

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Added on: 05/20/2024

Italy’s family minister explains decision not to sign EU LGBT declaration

05/20/2024

Italy was among nine EU countries that did not sign a declaration promoting European policies in favor of LGBT+ communities, sparking widespread protests within the country while…

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Added on: 05/16/2024

LGBTIQ people in EU face less discrimination, more violence, survey finds

05/15/2024

VIENNA (Reuters) – Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people in the European Union face less discrimination but more physical or sexual attacks than three…

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Added on: 02/22/2023

Bulgarian Supreme Court Rules Against Transgender People’s Rights

02/21/2023

Rights activists predicted more cases being brought against Bulgaria at the European Court of Human Rights after the Supreme Court of Cassation in Sofia ruled on Monday…

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Added on: 06/25/2022

In Bulgaria, A Bisexual Police Officer Set Up An LGBT Union. He Was Then Shunned.

6/24/22

Fed up with the discrimination he and his LGBT colleagues on the police force faced in Bulgaria, where “homophobia is a religion,” officer Petromir Genchev decided it…

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Added on: 06/17/2022

Bulgaria’s Embattled LGBT Community Eyes Calmer Celebration This Year

06/17/2022

Sofia Pride marks its 15th edition this week with various activities, including exhibitions, film screenings and, on Saturday June 18, an open-air concert featuring some of the…

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Added on: 05/29/2022

Three landmark legal verdicts strengthen LGBTI rights in Southeast Europe

5/28/22

Courts in three Southeast European countries — Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Croatia — have issued landmark rulings in cases concerning the rights of LGBTI people in…

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Added on: 12/24/2021

The Worrying Regression Of LGBT Rights In Eastern Europe

12/23/2021

From physical attacks to online abuse and legislative setbacks, the LBGT community in Central and Eastern Europe had little to cheer about in 2021. Populist governments in Poland,…

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Added on: 11/17/2021

Political Candidate Leads Attack at Rainbow Hub in Bulgaria

Dorian Coleman

Alturi Contributor

“This person stormed in and led a group of ten people without hiding his face or pretending it wasn’t him. This affected many people in society. Despite…

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Added on: 11/06/2021

Alleged leader of Bulgaria LGBTQ community center attack charged

11/5/21

Bulgarian authorities have charged an ultranationalist presidential candidate in connection with an attack against an LGBTQ community center. Media reports indicate Boyan Rasate, who leads the Bulgarian…

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Added on: 09/15/2021

Islamist Backlash Cancels Bulgarian LGBT Star’s Concert in Turkey

09/14/2021

A scheduled performance at the Balkan Fair in Bursa in Turkey by pop-folk singer Vasil Trojanov Boyanov, better known by his stage name Azis, was cancelled on…

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Added on: 07/31/2021

Ivan Dimov – Single Step, Bulgaria

Dorian Coleman

Alturi Contributor

Ivan asked the young person, “what resources are available in the country to help with these situations?” At the time, there were none. Ivan was devastated at…

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Added on: 07/31/2021

Lilly Dragoeva – Bilitis Foundation, Bulgaria

Dorian Coleman

Alturi Contributor

Lilly explained, “I grew up as a straight woman until I fell in love with a girl for the first time at 19. In the past, when…

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Added on: 06/01/2021

Homophobic Nationalists Disrupt Bulgarian LGBT Events

05/31/2021

A group of around 25 to 30 nationalists attempted to halt the screening in Sofia on Sunday evening of a film depicting a relationship between two women….

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Added on: 02/17/2021

More European politicians found using homophobic hate speech

02/16/2021

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Homophobic language and hate speech against transgender people are on the increase among European politicians, an advocacy group said on Tuesday as…

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Added on: 02/10/2021

Lesbian mother of stateless baby takes citizenship fight to top EU court

02/09/2021

LONDON, Feb 9 (Openly) – A baby left without a nationality after she was born in Spain to a same-sex couple from Bulgaria and Gibraltar is at…

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Added on: 01/16/2021

What does the European Commission’s LGBTIQ Equality Strategy mean for CEE?

1/15/21

For most of emerging Europe, LGBTIQ rights and social inclusion remain contentious issues with no clear path forward. Poland and Hungary especially have seen a sharp rise…

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Added on: 10/04/2020

Plovdiv Attacks Highlight Bulgaria’s Unsolved Homophobia Problem

10/03/2020

Videos and witness reports show that a few days ago, in the very centre of Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second city, groups of teenagers attacked other youngsters of the…

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Added on: 09/23/2020

Simeon Vassilev – GLAS, Bulgaria

Ari Weinstein

Alturi Contributor

I would love to hear a bit about your own introduction to LGBTI activism. Seven or eight years ago, I first started helping with Sofia Pride, which…