“Under the umbrella of ‘Visible love. Visible families”, the largest event in Romania dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community focused this year on the feeling of family, as well as the right to have a family legally recognized and protected by the Romanian state, regardless of the sexual orientation and gender identity of the partners,” the association states. Brightly dressed, with banners, flags and lots of balloons, the participants, including families with children, sang and danced to the music of the artist Rihanna – “Umbrella”, trying to attract the attention of the residents, who came out to see them on the sidewalks, cheering from balconies or in the restaurants and cafes on Calea Victoriei. Some also carried placards and banners: “Your Fears = Censorship as State Policy”, “Romania Educated, Not Discriminated”, “No Homophobic and Transphobic Laws in Parliament”, “You Give Us Humiliation, We Give You Resistance”, “LOVE HAS NO GENDER”.
In support of the event, the fiialiat.ro website has been created where people can leave messages of support for the LGBTQIA+ community. “The messages on this site are a dose of hope, solidarity, courage and a desire to live in a world where diversity is celebrated, inclusion is a standard parameter, and the voices of the LGBTQ+ community and allies come together to deliver a common message. Leave a message today to let them know that you are there for them, that they are not alone, and that they can find trusted allies everywhere,” is the appeal posted on the website. As of 21:30, over 2,600 “allies” have left messages of support for the LGBTQIA+ community. The Bucharest Pride 2023 march celebrated the visibility of the LGBTQIA+ community in Romania and started on Saturday at 17:00 on Calea Victoriei, organised by ACCEPT Association. The Pride March took place on the route: Calea Victoriei – Națiunile Unite Bridge – Bd. Națiunile Unite – crossing Bd. Libertății – Parc Izvor alley – Parc Izvor, according to the Facebook page of the event.
“We celebrate the love and power of the LGBTQIA+ community in Romania with a marathon of events. Bucharest Pride 2023 is about family and the right to have a family, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity,” reads the description of the event organized by ACCEPT. On the occasion of Bucharest Pride 2023, the US Embassy in Bucharest posted a joint statement signed by embassies from around the world.
**The New Right organised a counter-demonstration, which was attended by only 150 people.**
New Right organised a counter-demonstration – a “march for normality”, “for the natural family, based on marriage between a man and a woman”. The “March for Normality” started on Saturday at 13:00 and took place along the route of Roman Square – University Square – Unirii Square – Romanian Patriarchate. The organisers of the “March of Normality” explained why they are inviting people to protest in the country and support traditional family values. Thus, the New Right Association and other associations and activists also involved in the family referendum campaign that took place in 2018 specify that Saturday’s protest is “against the ho.mo.se.xu.alilor parade, an obscene and provocative demonstration that every year promotes the idea of legalizing ho.mo.se.xu.ale partnerships, marriages and adoptions”. The march is also “against the decision and intention of the ECHR to force ho.mo.se.xu.ale marriages and partnerships down the throats of Romanians, in defiance of the Christian majority in Romania and of the Romanian Civil Code which explicitly states in Article 277: “(1) Marriage between persons of the same sex is prohibited. (2) Marriages between persons of the same sex concluded or contracted abroad either by Romanian citizens or by foreign citizens are not recognised in Romania. (3) Civil partnerships between persons of the opposite sex or of the same sex concluded or contracted abroad either by Romanian citizens or by foreign citizens are not recognised in Romania”. At the same time, the demonstration is also against “the aggressive and insulting attitude of the ho.mo.se.xual lobby which this year organised ho.mo.se.xual parades in Iasi, Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara, preparing a similar provocative demonstration in Oradea” and “the harassment of Romanians who have publicly expressed their opposition to gender ideology and the promoters of this aberration, the latest victim being the well-known champion Sorana Cîrstea”.
Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
How are the figures compared to the previous years? Excluding COVID years obviously
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“Under the umbrella of ‘Visible love. Visible families”, the largest event in Romania dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community focused this year on the feeling of family, as well as the right to have a family legally recognized and protected by the Romanian state, regardless of the sexual orientation and gender identity of the partners,” the association states. Brightly dressed, with banners, flags and lots of balloons, the participants, including families with children, sang and danced to the music of the artist Rihanna – “Umbrella”, trying to attract the attention of the residents, who came out to see them on the sidewalks, cheering from balconies or in the restaurants and cafes on Calea Victoriei. Some also carried placards and banners: “Your Fears = Censorship as State Policy”, “Romania Educated, Not Discriminated”, “No Homophobic and Transphobic Laws in Parliament”, “You Give Us Humiliation, We Give You Resistance”, “LOVE HAS NO GENDER”.
In support of the event, the fiialiat.ro website has been created where people can leave messages of support for the LGBTQIA+ community. “The messages on this site are a dose of hope, solidarity, courage and a desire to live in a world where diversity is celebrated, inclusion is a standard parameter, and the voices of the LGBTQ+ community and allies come together to deliver a common message. Leave a message today to let them know that you are there for them, that they are not alone, and that they can find trusted allies everywhere,” is the appeal posted on the website. As of 21:30, over 2,600 “allies” have left messages of support for the LGBTQIA+ community. The Bucharest Pride 2023 march celebrated the visibility of the LGBTQIA+ community in Romania and started on Saturday at 17:00 on Calea Victoriei, organised by ACCEPT Association. The Pride March took place on the route: Calea Victoriei – Națiunile Unite Bridge – Bd. Națiunile Unite – crossing Bd. Libertății – Parc Izvor alley – Parc Izvor, according to the Facebook page of the event.
“We celebrate the love and power of the LGBTQIA+ community in Romania with a marathon of events. Bucharest Pride 2023 is about family and the right to have a family, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity,” reads the description of the event organized by ACCEPT. On the occasion of Bucharest Pride 2023, the US Embassy in Bucharest posted a joint statement signed by embassies from around the world.
**The New Right organised a counter-demonstration, which was attended by only 150 people.**
New Right organised a counter-demonstration – a “march for normality”, “for the natural family, based on marriage between a man and a woman”. The “March for Normality” started on Saturday at 13:00 and took place along the route of Roman Square – University Square – Unirii Square – Romanian Patriarchate. The organisers of the “March of Normality” explained why they are inviting people to protest in the country and support traditional family values. Thus, the New Right Association and other associations and activists also involved in the family referendum campaign that took place in 2018 specify that Saturday’s protest is “against the ho.mo.se.xu.alilor parade, an obscene and provocative demonstration that every year promotes the idea of legalizing ho.mo.se.xu.ale partnerships, marriages and adoptions”. The march is also “against the decision and intention of the ECHR to force ho.mo.se.xu.ale marriages and partnerships down the throats of Romanians, in defiance of the Christian majority in Romania and of the Romanian Civil Code which explicitly states in Article 277: “(1) Marriage between persons of the same sex is prohibited. (2) Marriages between persons of the same sex concluded or contracted abroad either by Romanian citizens or by foreign citizens are not recognised in Romania. (3) Civil partnerships between persons of the opposite sex or of the same sex concluded or contracted abroad either by Romanian citizens or by foreign citizens are not recognised in Romania”. At the same time, the demonstration is also against “the aggressive and insulting attitude of the ho.mo.se.xual lobby which this year organised ho.mo.se.xual parades in Iasi, Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara, preparing a similar provocative demonstration in Oradea” and “the harassment of Romanians who have publicly expressed their opposition to gender ideology and the promoters of this aberration, the latest victim being the well-known champion Sorana Cîrstea”.
Translated with http://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
How are the figures compared to the previous years? Excluding COVID years obviously
Awesome event! <3