Bulgaria’s parliament on Wednesday, passed an amendment to its education law expanding a ban on LGBTQ “propaganda” in schools. There were 159 lawmakers in favour, 22 against and 12 abstentions.
The new law bans the “propaganda, promotion or incitement in any way, directly or indirectly, in the education system of ideas and views related to non-traditional sexual orientation and/or gender identity other than the biological one.” The amendment was introduced by the country's right-leaning Vazrazhdane party.
Lawmakers also voted on a separate text that defines “non-traditional sexual orientation” as “different from the generally accepted and established notions in the Bulgarian legal tradition of emotional, romantic, sexual or sensual attraction between persons of opposite sexes.”
The EU member nation has also refused to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women, which many in the country see as a vehicle for recognition of “a third gender.”
While pro-LGBTQ groups condemned the new law, many conservatives around the world praised it as a small victory in the global fight against LGBTQ degeneracy pushed by left-wing leaders and activists.
Countries like Russia, Ghana and Iraq have passed similar laws. Hungary banned LGBTQ “promotion” to minors in a 2021 law.
