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From 6 to 8 of June 2025, Paris became the stage for one of Europe’s most inspiring events – the TRANSEUROPA Festival, organised by the European Alternatives Initiative.

Sofia Pride, Bulgaria’s largest demonstration for human rights since 2008, is embarking on a transformative project to expand its community involvement.

At the end of January, the first meeting was held for the participating organizations in the RainbowUP: Fostering the Inclusion of LGBTQI+ Youth project, which officially started on December 1, 2024, under the Erasmus+ program.

This analysis is an attempt to quantitatively assess the economic cost of homophobia in Bulgaria. A wide range of scientific theories in the fields of economics, sociology, public health, psychology and other social sciences support the idea that full rights and inclusion of LGBTI+1 people are associated with higher levels of economic development and well-being.

The GLAS Foundation in partnership with the Bulgarian Lawyers for Human Rights Foundation and the Embassies of France and the Kingdom of the Netherlands is organizing a discussion on the protection of family relations in same-sex couples, which will take place on 29 May 2024 from 9.30 to 14.30 in the Slaveykov Hall of the French Institute.

Today, at a Prayer for Peace organized by Shalom, the Organization of Jews in Bulgaria, at the central synagogue in Sofia, we expressed our sorrow for the innocent children, parents, and peaceful residents of Israel who were brutally and publicly murdered in the unprovoked terrorist attack on October 7.

At today’s sitting, 28 July 2023, the Parliament passed a law amending the Penal Code, which provides for heavier penalties for crimes committed with the motive of the victim’s sexual orientation.

The public opinion of Bulgarians on LGBTI people, family and gender issues is still dominated by traditional stereotypes, but although slowly, skeptical opinions are changing, mainly because of people’s personal experience and contact with the topic.