- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized, same-sex marriage and civil unions banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Public Opinion
Recent studies in Bulgaria indicate societal resistance to LGBTQ+ rights.
Bulgaria Surveys
Orthodox Christian Support for Church's Position of Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Marriage
History
Homosexual activity in Bulgaria is legal.
Same-sex marriage in Bulgaria is unrecognized, same-sex marriage and civil unions banned.
Until 2018
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Bulgaria is no censorship.
Since 1990
Until 1989
During this time, discussions or expressions of LGBT-related topics were generally suppressed, and any attempt to advocate for LGBT rights could face censorship and persecution by the government. This was part of the broader censorship and control exerted by the communist regime over various aspects of society, including the media, literature, and public discourse.
Right to change legal gender in Bulgaria is illegal.
Since Feb 21, 2023
Until Feb 21, 2023
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Bulgaria is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Bulgaria is illegal.
Since 2023
LGBT employment discrimination in Bulgaria is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since Sep 30, 2003
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LGBT housing discrimination in Bulgaria is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Since 2023
Same-sex adoption in Bulgaria is single only.
Serving openly in military in Bulgaria is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.
Since Aug 1, 2004
Blood donations by MSMs in Bulgaria is legal.
Conversion therapy in Bulgaria is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Bulgaria is equal.
Since Jan 1, 2002
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Bulgaria.