Protesters denounce Bulgaria's ban on LGBTQ ‘propaganda’ in schools
Protesters rallied outside Bulgaria’s parliament on Thursday to denounce an amendment banning talk of LGBTQ+ and so-called non-traditional sexual choices in schools.
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 in schools.
The protest was organized by feminist, LGBTQ and other rights groups calling for a reversal of that amendment, banning what supporters call “LGBTQ+ propaganda in schools.”
Waving the rainbow flag, the protesters chanted slogans including “Bulgaria is no Russia” and “Silence means death” as police officers guarded the rally. No violence was reported.
Bulgaria’s parliament on Wednesday approved the amendment to the country’s education legislation, introduced by the pro-Russian Vazrazhdane party and surprisingly, backed by some pro-European Union parties. The lawmakers in the 240-seat parliament voted 159 in favor of the change.
The amendment bans the “promotion, popularization and support of ideas and opinions related to non-traditional sexual orientation or sexual identification other than biological” in schools.
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