Thoands Jo Gay-Pri Para In Romanian Capal

GAY PRI EVENTS ROMANIA

Some 1,000 people joed a gay pri march the Romanian pal of Buchart Saturday, mandg greater rights amid ernment mov they say will curtail their rights. * romania gay pride *

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. 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.

Dpe the legal support place for the LGBT muny, the social suatn for gay people Romania is still very challengg.

1,000 ROMANIAN GAY PRI MARCH AMID MOV TO LIM RIGHTS

Gay Pri, annual celebratn, ually June the Uned Stat and sometim at other tim other untri, of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) inty. Gay Pri memorat the Stonewall rts New York Cy of June 28, 1969. * romania gay pride *

Unsurprisgly, given the circumstanc, many thk of the gay muny as ‘sick’ or ‘immoral. There have been hostile reactns to Gay Pri march and gay ftivals, particularly om far-right groups like Noua Dreaptă. In 2013 an EU survey listed Romania third among untri wh the hight levels of homophobia the EU.

Many gay and lbian Romanians hi their sexualy, particularly if they live outsi of Buchart and other major urban areas.

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Romania's send gay pri para on Saturday eveng Buchart was met wh protts by Orthodox Christians and neo-Nazi natnalists who threw eggs and * romania gay pride *

Thanks to the efforts of advocy anizatns like ACCEPT Romania, attus are slowly changg, and the gay muny is beg more open and active across the untry, although there is still a sizable gap between cy and untry. So What Do This Mean For Gay Travelers?

SEND GAY PRI ROMANIA A VLENT AFFAIR

The Buchart Pri ftivi took a moment of silence for gay and bisexual people Chechnya. * romania gay pride *

While overall public attus towards the LGBT muny are still que negative, gay travelers should not allow this to put them off gog to this betiful untry; however, people should be aware of the potential hostily they uld enunter. In an tertg way, is almost more important to be wary Romania than a untry where homosexualy is pletely prohibed; while is legal Romania, the untry is an -between zone where the populatn is more aware of the LGBT muny, and therefore hostile attus are also more out the open.

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Buchart is fely the most tolerant and open cy Romania; here is where the bulk of Romania’s gay scene is to be found, om vibrant nightclubs to f equented by the LGBT muny.

Outsi of Buchart, there are two gay bars Romania – one Sibiu and one Cluj-Napo. Dpe havg a lot of stunts, which ually mak a cy more liberal, Timisoara do not have much of a gay scene.