A new amendment to the law prohibits teaching children about LGBTQ+ concepts in Bulgaria. In a recent vote, the Bulgarian parliament passed a significant amendment that bans the promotion of LGBTQ+ topics in schools and provides a specific definition for “nontraditional sexual orientation.”
The amendment to the Law on Preschool and School Education was approved with 154 votes in favor, while only 17 lawmakers voted against it or abstained.
Under this amendment, it is illegal to teach students any “propaganda, promotion, or incitement, directly or indirectly, within the education system, of ideas and views related to nontraditional sexual orientation and/or gender identity other than the biological one.”
This decision by Bulgaria follows similar prohibitions in Hungary and other countries, where parents have voiced concerns about LGBTQ+ topics being taught in schools without their consent.
Moreover, Bulgaria isn’t alone in reacting to the perceived influence of LGBTQ+ issues in education. Last year, nearly a hundred parents protested outside Birchfield’s Primary School in Manchester, UK, expressing their opposition to exposing children to LGBTQ+ materials.
