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

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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 at the far-right Revival party, initiator of the widely criticized controversial law. The leader of Revival, Kostadin Kostadinov, said on August 22 that he would file a report with the Prosecutor’s Office about educators who have voiced opposition to the law. The law, passed on August 7 in parliament with the backing of pro-European parties, sparked protests in Sofia and elsewhere in the largely conservative Balkan country of some 6.5 million people. The amendment to the country’s education code prohibits the “propaganda, promotion, or incitement” of LGBT “ideas and views” in schools, without specifying further details.

 

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