Several thoand LGBT supporters took to the streets the Romanian pal of Buchart Saturday for a gay pri para that rumed after a year’s pse due to the panmic. Teodora Ion-Rota, executive director of ACCEPT Associatn, an LGBT rights group, told The Associated Prs that Buchart Pri, which has been nng sce 2004, “remas a prott that asks for the very basics.” Although Romania joed the European Unn 2007 and the bloc prohibs discrimatn based on sexual orientatn, Ion-Rota says state protectns often don’t stretch far enough.
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- THOANDS JO GAY-PRI PARA IN ROMANIAN CAPAL
- THOANDS MARCH JOYFUL BUCHART PRI AS ERNMENT MULLS ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL
- BUCHART GAY PRI MARCH RUM AFTER RONAVIS PSE
- THOANDS MARCH BUCHART GAY PRI PARA; SHADOW OF PLANNED LEGISLATN THAT WILL CHIP AT RIGHTS GAED 2001
- BUCHART GAY PRI MARCH RUM AFTER RONAVIS PSE
- BUCHART GAY PRI MARCH RUM AFTER RONAVIS PSE
THOANDS JO GAY-PRI PARA IN ROMANIAN CAPAL
Thoands of people joed a gay-pri para Romania’s pal, Buchart, months after a referendum seekg to ban same-sex marriage failed. * gay parade bucharest *
Parliament's lower hoe is expected to start discsg a bill already approved by the Senate which bans so-lled gay propaganda schools, mirrorg measur seen Hungary and Rsia.
Socially nservative Romania crimalised homosexualy 2001, s later than other parts of the European Unn, but bars marriage and civil partnerships for same sex upl. A gay uple hugs durg a LGBTQ+ pri para near a b stop that has anti-LGBT graffi msage sprayed on , Buchart, Romania, March 14, 2020. Socially nservative Romania, which crimalised homosexualy 2001, still bars marriage and civil partnerships for same-sex upl.
Lawmakers om two different parti - the junr lg aln ethnic Hungarian party UDMR and the opposn ultra-natnalist Alliance for Ung Romanians (AUR) - said they plan to troduce legislatn to ban so-lled gay propaganda schools when parliament renven timated 8, 000 people joed the march on Saturday, dancg and wavg rabow flags.
THOANDS MARCH JOYFUL BUCHART PRI AS ERNMENT MULLS ‘GAY PROPAGANDA’ BILL
Buchart Pri drew thoands as the untry's ernment nsirs a bill parable to Rsia's so-lled "gay propaganda" ban. * gay parade bucharest *
BUCHAREST -- Thoands of people joed a gay-pri para Romania’s pal, Buchart, on June 22, months after a referendum seekg to ban same-sex marriage failed. Romania crimalized homosexualy 2001, but discrimatn agast the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny is wispread. Gay rights groups Romania hailed the validatn of the referendum.
BUCHART GAY PRI MARCH RUM AFTER RONAVIS PSE
Several thoand LGBT supporters took to the streets the Romanian pal of Buchart Saturday for a gay pri para that rumed after a year’s pse due to the panmic. * gay parade bucharest *
Thoands march joyful Buchart Pri para ahead of proposed anti-‘gay propaganda’ bill (Ilona Andrei/AFP via Getty Imag). Buchart Pri drew huge crowds as the untry’s ernment nsirs a bill parable to Rsia’s so-lled “gay propaganda” ban.
A cross-party group of MEPs spoke out about the proposed piece of legislatn June, llg a “worryg velopment”, and parg to Rsia’s “gay propaganda” bill. Any ntent the ernment fds to “viate om sex at birth [or promot] the popularisatn of sex chang or homosexualy” would be prohibed unr the measure. BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Several thoand LGBT supporters took to the streets the Romanian pal of Buchart Saturday for a gay pri para that rumed after a year’s pse due to the panmic.
A 2019 opn poll by Eurobarometer found that 38% of Romanians agree that gay, lbian, and bisexual people should have the same rights as heterosexuals, while 54% disagreed. This year marks 20 years sce Romania, a untry of more than 19 ln, crimalized homosexualy. Romania is a socially nservative untry, and that is reflected s attus towards gay and transgenr muni.
THOANDS MARCH BUCHART GAY PRI PARA; SHADOW OF PLANNED LEGISLATN THAT WILL CHIP AT RIGHTS GAED 2001
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).
BUCHART GAY PRI MARCH RUM AFTER RONAVIS PSE
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. Unsurprisgly, given the circumstanc, many thk of the gay muny as ‘sick’ or ‘immoral.
BUCHART GAY PRI MARCH RUM AFTER RONAVIS PSE
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.