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# March for LGBTQ+ rights in Romania
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/march-for-lgbtq-rights-in-romania/
- Published: 2021-08-17T12:13:55.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-17T12:02:24.000Z
- Description: Thousands attended Bucharest Pride to demand equality for Romania’s LGBTQ+ community, making it the first Romanian Pride march since 2019.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Pride, equality, Eu, Europe, Hungary, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ rights, Romania

More than ten thousand people attended Bucharest Pride to demand equality for Romania’s LGBTQ+ community, making it the first Pride event to be held in the country since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. LGBTQ+ activist Teodora Ion-Rotaru told the [*Associated Press*](https://apnews.com/article/europe-health-coronavirus-pandemic-bucharest-d2f124e18ffda288938672adf08ddba2?ref=scenemag.co.uk) that Pride organisers are asking for the “*very basics”,* meaning protection from violence and discrimination.

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The march comes after lawmakers from two different Romanian parties said they plan to introduce a ‘gay propaganda’ law later this year to ban the sharing of LGBTQ+ related content with under 18s in schools. A similar bill was [recently passed](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/hungary-passes-law-banning-lgbtq-content-in-schools/) in Romania’s neighbouring country, Hungary, in a 157-1 vote, causing concern that Romania will follow in its footsteps.

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The [European Union](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/eu-very-concerned-about-anti-lgbtq-law-in-hungary/) is currently assessing whether the new law in Hungary breaches the bloc’s legislation. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said EU is *“very concerned”* about the law, and intends to assess it in line with the union’s legislation on LGBTQ+ rights.