Bulgaria - GlobalGayz

Contents:

• THE BEST BULGARIA GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BULGARIA
• GAY SOFIA
• GENR MORI : GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSSEXSUAL MEN AND WOMEN

THE BEST BULGARIA GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS BULGARIA

VAULT @ The StepsVAULT is a gay dance party takg place the back room of the lounge, The Steps. Homosexual sex was legalised 1968, makg Bulgaria one of the first Eastern European untri to legalize gay sex. There is no law agast gays.

Bulgaria, like most untri Eastern Europe, tends to be socially nservative when to such issu as homosexualy. However, the pennt private media ocsnally report on gay events, the natnal and the private televisn channels have st films wh gay them, and gay-themed movi are shown the cemas.

In addn, some famo Bulgarians have e out, suggtg that gay men and lbians are beg more visible Bulgaria. The Bulgarian gay anizatn Gemi is a natnal advocy anizatn, non-prof public enty based on membership prciple, found 1992. Stat of Homosexualy: Legal.

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However, non-discrimatn is still a far cry om equal rights, and at the moment there are no provisns Bulgarian law regardg civil unns or marriage for homosexual upl, and -habg partners nnot adopt children, nor do they have hospal visatn or herance rights. However, gay unns are now regnised some Eastern European untri, such as Hungary, so may only be a matter of time before Bulgaria tch up. While other ci Central and Eastern Europe have been holdg tolerance or equaly paras the past few years, Sofia's first official gay para 2008 was marred by vlence om extremists.

However this year, 400 people marched peacefully through the cy centre, a sign which hopefully shows that Bulgaria is beg more acceptg of gays and lbians. Gay visors to Bulgaria, and pecially Sofia, will fd a tolerant place, and actually much more open to homosexualy than many Eastern European untri. There are more than a handful of popular gay bars and clubs the cy, and homosexual upl n generally walk around the centre of the cy safe om harassment.

GENR MORI : GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSSEXSUAL MEN AND WOMEN

To help you get the most out of your trip we've put together a list gay, lbian and gay-iendly bars and clubs below, open as of July 2009. We have also piled a list of webs of GLBT anizatns and different portals where Sofia's homosexual muny munit on the web, and are good startg pots for meetg people before g to Sofia. The ma anizatn for advancg GLBT rights Bulgaria is the Bulgarian Gay Organizatn Gemi, which was started 1992 by a gay uple, but several other gay anizatns and portals exist for Bulgaria.

So if you're a gay visor to Bulgaria, we wele you, and hope you'll only experience the posive si of life Sofia. Above: BGO Gemi, the largt gay rights anizatn BulgariaSofia's gay and gay-iendly venu:.