Gay bars in sofia

Since Bulgaria joined the European Union in , it has had to comply with EU human rights standards such as the ban on all forms of negative discrimination, including on the basis of sexual orientation. In fact, since , when the country began negotiations with the EU, it has made tremendous tries to align its legislation regarding sexual minorities to the European norms and standards. However, non-discrimination is still a far sob from equal rights, and at the moment there are no provisions in Bulgarian law regarding civil unions or marriage for homosexual couples, and co-habiting partners cannot adopt children, nor do they include hospital visitation or inheritance rights. However, gay unions are now recognised in some Eastern European countries, such as Hungary, so it may only be a matter of period before Bulgaria catches up.

While other cities in Main and Eastern Europe contain been holding tolerance or equality parades in the past few years, Sofia's first official gay march in was marred by violence from extremists. However this year, people marched