Three cases of discrimination will be investigated
20/01/2006
Submitted by
Desislava Petrova - BGO Gemini
The Bulgarian gay organization “Gemini” approached the Bulgarian Commission for protection against discrimination on two key cases. It is expectable that the Commission will pass the resolutions in one month.
One of the cases refers to publication from 27 December 2005 in the edition of “Duma” newspaper.
More about the case:
http://www.bgogemini.org/eng/index.php?m=single&id=57
BGO Gemini considers that there is incitement to discrimination and propagation of hatred and use of abusive language towards homosexual, bisexual and transgender persons in Bulgaria.
The great media influence and the circulated negative tendencies and hatred towards gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender persons overwhelmed the long years efforts of the organization to establish tolerant attitude to this social group and to confront the prejudices and stereotypes, which play crucial role and often result in discrimination and violence against homosexuals.
We strongly hope the Commission for ptotection against discrimination will take appropriate and adequate measures in this respective and will send clear message that will not tolerate publications in the Bulgarian media, which conflict to the Law for protection against discrimination!
The second case refers to discriminatory decision of Municipality Varna, revealing Municipality's unjustified denial to open information point of the organization in Varna.
More about the case:
http://www.bgogemini.org/eng/index.php?m=single&id=34
As a membership-based organization of the homosexual, bisexual and transgender persons, BGO Gemini sustained loses, not only financial, but moral from the actions of the Minucipality. The denial of Mr. Yordanov, Mayor of Varna, to allow the opening of information point disallowed large number of the project’s target group to access information about discrimination and human rights. Beign representative national organization, BGO Gemini considers that the discriminatory actions of the Municipality and the Mayor of Varna led to loses not only to the organization itself, but also to not a few citizens of Bulgaria, as this denial of local state authorities represents confrontation to the efforts of all human rights organizations, fighting for equality and dignity for all human beings.
Currently the organization is looking forward to the Commission’s resolution on the case of police violence, reported to BGO Gemini by homosexual man with Albanian origin. The Commission for protection against discrimination was informed about the case at the end of last year.
More about the case:
http://www.bgogemini.org/eng/index.php?m=single&id=47
One of the cases refers to publication from 27 December 2005 in the edition of “Duma” newspaper.
More about the case:
http://www.bgogemini.org/eng/index.php?m=single&id=57
BGO Gemini considers that there is incitement to discrimination and propagation of hatred and use of abusive language towards homosexual, bisexual and transgender persons in Bulgaria.
The great media influence and the circulated negative tendencies and hatred towards gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender persons overwhelmed the long years efforts of the organization to establish tolerant attitude to this social group and to confront the prejudices and stereotypes, which play crucial role and often result in discrimination and violence against homosexuals.
We strongly hope the Commission for ptotection against discrimination will take appropriate and adequate measures in this respective and will send clear message that will not tolerate publications in the Bulgarian media, which conflict to the Law for protection against discrimination!
The second case refers to discriminatory decision of Municipality Varna, revealing Municipality's unjustified denial to open information point of the organization in Varna.
More about the case:
http://www.bgogemini.org/eng/index.php?m=single&id=34
As a membership-based organization of the homosexual, bisexual and transgender persons, BGO Gemini sustained loses, not only financial, but moral from the actions of the Minucipality. The denial of Mr. Yordanov, Mayor of Varna, to allow the opening of information point disallowed large number of the project’s target group to access information about discrimination and human rights. Beign representative national organization, BGO Gemini considers that the discriminatory actions of the Municipality and the Mayor of Varna led to loses not only to the organization itself, but also to not a few citizens of Bulgaria, as this denial of local state authorities represents confrontation to the efforts of all human rights organizations, fighting for equality and dignity for all human beings.
Currently the organization is looking forward to the Commission’s resolution on the case of police violence, reported to BGO Gemini by homosexual man with Albanian origin. The Commission for protection against discrimination was informed about the case at the end of last year.
More about the case:
http://www.bgogemini.org/eng/index.php?m=single&id=47
