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 education. The move was initiated by the far-right, pro-Russian Vazrazhdane party and was reminiscent of the Kremlin’s attitude to regarding LGBT rights. The amendments were approved by all political parties except reformist Change Continues-Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB). Even Gerb and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), which claim to be pro-Western and democratic formations, backed the changes.