The amendment, introduced by the conservative and nationalist political party Revival, was approved on Aug. 7 following four hours of heated debates. The legislation passed in two readings, with 135 members of parliament voting in favor, 57 against, and eight abstaining.
Under the new law, Bulgarian pre- and elementary schools are banned from promoting the "propaganda, popularization and incitement" of all ideas related to "non-traditional sexual orientation or determination of gender identity other than biological." The legislation defines non-traditional sexual orientation as anything "different from" heterosexual attraction.
The bill received broad support in the National Assembly. Along with Revival, the bill also receive votes from the moderate conservative GERB-SDS, the leftist Bulgarian Socialist Party, the Turkish minority interest party Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) and the big tent populist There Is Such A People party.
Only the liberal centrist party We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria indicated its strong opposition to the amendment.
Revival leader Kostadin Kostadinov, in arguing for the bill, noted how LGBT ideology is "not humane" and described the promotion of non-traditional relationships in schools as "anti-human."
DPS MP Yordan Tsonev echoed these sentiments and claimed there was "no place" for such education in schools. GERB former Bulgarian Education Minister Krasimir Valchev also supported the bill, stating that children "should not be subject to such influences."
More European countries are banning LGBT propaganda to protect minors
Bulgaria is not alone in prohibiting LGBT propaganda.
In 2021, Hungary, led by conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, passed the "child protection" law. The legislation restricts the "depiction or promotion" of homosexuality in content for minors, including television, films, advertisements and literature. The law, part of a broader initiative that increases criminal penalties for pedophilia and creates a searchable database of sex offenders, also forbids the mention of LGBTQ+ issues in school education programs, and restricts the public depiction of "gender deviating from sex at birth."
Meanwhile, in March, Georgia introduced a bill seeking to ban all LGBT propaganda in the country to protect society from pseudo-liberal ideology and its inevitable harmful consequences.
"Georgian society has always been tolerant, but it cannot be tolerant towards pseudo-liberal propaganda," Mamuka Mdinaradze, majority leader of the parliamentary faction of the Georgia Dream party in the chamber, said earlier in March. "We are witnessing serious trends in the spread of pseudo-liberal ideology worldwide. This propaganda is becoming increasingly aggressive. Most importantly, the propaganda has serious consequences." (Related: Georgian MP introduces bill that seeks to ban LGBT propaganda and indoctrination efforts – most of which target youth.)
As of now, the Georgian parliament has already approved the package of laws in the first reading. The second and third readings are scheduled for the autumn parliamentary session, before the elections on Oct. 26.
Other European countries like Bosnia, Moldova and Turkey have also passed similar anti-LGBTQ legislation.
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