On Wednesday 7 August, the Bulgarian Parliament passed a law banning LGBT+ “propaganda” in schools.
Drawing inspiration from Hungarian and Russian legislation, a legislative amendment proposed by the far-right pro-Russian party Vazrajdane was adopted by 159 votes to 22, with 13 abstentions, to prohibit the “encouragement” of “non-traditional sexual orientation” and a gender identity “other than biological”.
Since Thursday 8 August, rallies have been held in Bulgaria to...