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Protesters rally against Bulgaria’s ban on LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’ in schools
Protesters rally outside Bulgaria's parliament, August 8, 2024 in Sofia, Bulgaria, to denounce a controversial legal amendment adopted the day before that bans talk of LGBTQ+ and so-called non-traditional sexual choices in schools

PROTESTERS rallied outside Bulgaria’s parliament on Thursday evening to denounce a controversial legal amendment adopted the day before that bans talk of LGBTQ+ and so-called non-traditional sexual choices in schools.

The protest was organised by feminist, LGBTQ+ and other rights groups calling for a reversal of that amendment, banning what supporters call “LGBTQ+ propaganda in schools.”

Waving the rainbow flag, the protesters chanted “Bulgaria is no Russia” and “Silence means death.”

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