BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The last person jailed for beg gay Romania walked ee 1998. The untry crimalized homosexualy three years after that, 2001, while reformg s laws to qualify for membership the European Unn.
Contents:
- GAY ROMANIA
- EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
- GAY LIFE ROMANIA
- GAY BUCHART
GAY ROMANIA
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The 20th anniversary of the abolishment of Article 200, which thorized prison sentenc of up to five years for same-sex relatns, was one e for celebratn durg the gay pri para and ftival held Romania’s pal this month. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The last person jailed for beg gay Romania walked ee untry crimalized homosexualy three years after that, 2001, while reformg s laws to qualify for membership the European 20th anniversary of the abolishment of Article 200, which thorized prison sentenc of up to five years for same-sex relatns, was one e for celebratn durg the gay pri para and ftival held Romania’s pal this month.
Some Romanians, fluenced by the Orthodox church, reject the growg social acceptance of lbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgenr people, pecially among young people. A new law that took effect Hungary this summer banned the pictn of homosexualy films, books and other ntent tend for dienc unr 18.
EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
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Dozens of muni Poland have passed largely symbolic anti-LGBT rolutns amid a nservative backlash that began more than two years Romania, lawmakers om two parti, cludg a junr partner the untry’s erng aln, plan to troduce legislatn next month that would ban so-lled “gay propaganda” schools. While there is growg support for LGBT rights among young Romanians, too many Romanians do not know anyone who openly intifi as gay, Ion-Rota said. Romania is a socially nservative untry, and that is reflected s attus towards gay and transgenr muni.
However, the untry’s gay scene is gradually growg and fely a place that should be on everyone’s mt-see list.
GAY LIFE ROMANIA
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The good news is, homosexualy is legal Romania, and there is a range of anti-discrimatn laws place. In fact, the past three s have seen huge progrs for LGBT rights Romania: homosexualy was wholly crimalized (1996), the age of nsent was equalized (2002), anti-discrimatn laws the workplace and regardg the provisn of servic were troduced (2000).
In fact, the only law agast gay cizens Romania is that prohibg same-sex marriage; this is unlikely to change any time soon given that public opn, unr the fluence of the church, is still very much agast . Currently, relig and nservative anizatns are mobilizg to hold a referendum on amendg the nstutn so that will enshre marriage as ‘between a man and a woman’; this would make legalizg gay marriage much more difficult and is seen by many as a step backwards.
GAY BUCHART
Romania is a mix of new liberal ias agast a nservative ral tradn. For the gay muny, the nflict is signifint. * is rumania gay *
Dpe the legal support place for the LGBT muny, the social suatn for gay people Romania is still very challengg. Unsurprisgly, given the circumstanc, many thk of the gay muny as ‘sick’ or ‘immoral.