Bulgaria

International human rights documents:
Bulgaria has not yet signed Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Bulgaria was a signatory to the 2007 UN Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Criminal law:
Consenting same-sex sexual acts are legal.
The age of consent is equal for all sexual acts.
Anti-discrimination:
Discrimination on the basis on sexual orientation is prohibited in areas of social security, health care, social advantages, education, good and services and housing.
Partnership recognition:
Bulgaria does not provide any legal recognition of same-sex partnerships.
Parenting rights:
Neither joint nor second parent adoption is available to same-sex couples in Bulgaria.
Law on hate and violence:
Laws on hate and violence do not refer to sexual orientation or gender identity and do not recognise sexual orientation neither gender identity as aggravating factor.

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24/07/2007

Project FLAME

By Natalia Janiczak. Intern BGO Gemini
24/07/2007

Summer Internship Program

By Natalia Janiczak, Intern BGO Gemini
24/07/2007

Deafening Silence: The Case In Our School.

By Natalia Janiczak, Intern BGO Gemini
19/01/2007

National plan 2007 includes "gender expression"

By Desislava Petrova - BGO Gemini
17/01/2007

Case for name change in Plovdiv

By Desislava Petrova - BGO Gemini
07/11/2006

The Anti-discrimination commission enacted discrimination

By Desislava Petrova - BGO Gemini
16/06/2006

Discrimination cases - further developments

By Desislava Petrova - BGO Gemini
30/05/2006

BGO GEMINI CAMPAIGNS AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA

By Desislava Petrova - BGO Gemini
01/02/2006

The antidiscrimination commission met with NGOs

By Desislava Petrova - BGO Gemini
20/01/2006

Three cases of discrimination will be investigated

By Desislava Petrova - BGO Gemini


"Equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people in Europe"