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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…

World Voices

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…

World Voices

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…

World Voices

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…

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Added on: 09/15/2020

Bulgaria once led the way on LGBT+ rights in emerging Europe. Not any more.

09/14/2020

LGBT+ people have once again become the scapegoat of the Bulgarian government, but the community keeps fighting for a normal existence in the country. Extreme demonisation of…

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Added on: 01/09/2020

Bulgarian Women Battle on for Recognition of Their Marriage

01/08/2020

For two years, Lili and Darina Babulkova have been struggling to have their marriage in the UK legalised in Bulgaria, where LGBT marriages are not recognised. Their…

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Added on: 11/05/2019

Poll reveals majority of eastern Europeans ‘fearful for democracy’

11/03/2019

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, today’s eastern Europeans are fearful for the future of democracy, sceptical of government and the main political parties,…

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Added on: 08/21/2019

Homophobia seen rising in European countries without gay marriage

08/20/2019

Homophobia has risen in European countries that do not legally recognize same-sex relationships, while acceptance of gay and lesbian people has jumped in states where they can…

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Added on: 04/09/2019

Homophobia scandal hits Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s European capital of culture

04/07/2019

Plovdiv, one of the 2019 European capitals of culture, has become embroiled in a homophobia scandal as local officials attempt to remove the head of the organising…

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Added on: 01/14/2019

Lithuania’s top court grants residence permits for same-sex foreign spouses

01/12/2019

Lithuania’s top court has ruled that foreign spouses of gay citizens must be granted residence permits. The Constitutional Court ruled that denying residency permits to the spouses…

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Added on: 12/15/2018

Bulgaria: Billboards featuring LGBT couples vandalised

12/14/2018

Billboards featuring LGBT+ couples and the slogan “It’s not scary, it’s just love—Different People, Equal Rights” have sparked controversy in Bulgaria. The street posters were installed this…

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Added on: 12/01/2018

Bulgarian Choreographer Captures Chechnya Refugee Experience

11/30/2018

Kosta Karakashyan is a talented artist devoted to social justice and LGBT rights. The New York choreographer is fighting for the vulnerable in the hostile region of…