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Bilitis Took Part in Newry Pride, host of UK & Ireland Pride 2019

On August 30 and 31, 2019, Lilly Dragoeva, Executive Director of Bilitis, took part in the third regional UK & Ireland Pride, which took place in the Northern Irish town of Newry. The choice of location is not accidental - Northern Ireland is the only country in the region where same-sex marriage is still not

Bulgarian Participation at Copenhagen Pride 2019

Between August 13 and 18, 2019 Lilly Dragoeva, Executive Director of Bilitis, visited the Danish capital and took part in the Copenhagen Pride Week 2019. Lilly was there at the invitation of the event organizers in order to get acquainted with the work of the team and to learn more about the organization, the topics

Sofia Pride

Sofia Pride is the biggest human rights event in Bulgaria and is organized by a non-formal organizing committee, consisting of representatives of the LGBT organizations – LGBT Youth Organization Deystvie and GLAS Foundation, as well as representatives of Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and the non-formal group Queer Squad. Bilitis is part of Sofia Pride Organizing committee

Equality Run – the sequel

May 12, 2019
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Equality Run V2.0 In the morning on May 12th the whole Zaimov Park in Sofia was filled in the music and colourful mood. The reason – the lively and elevated spirit of the big crowd of people, who gathered to show solidarity and support the people, living with HIV, as well as to raise awareness

First MEP candidate from Bulgaria signs the ComeOut Pledge in support of LGBTI equality

On Europe Day, May 9, 2019, and on the eve of the European Parliament elections, the Bilitis Resource Center organized a discussion on the right of free movement of families with same-sex partners within the European Union. The main focus of the event was the discussion with MEP candidate - Toma Belev, longtime human rights

Sofia Pride Sports

In 2018, Bilitis introduced Sofia Pride Sports – sports festival which includes variety of sports and wellbeing events new series of events connected to sports as part of Sofia Pride Month. Sofia Pride – Sports aims on addressing important for the LGBTI community topics through sports and introducing sports as part of the queer community

Sofia Pride Sports – Support from Football Radar for the soccer tournament

– Who are the Football Radar and what is your mission? Football Radar is a company that unravels the football game at a scientific level with offices in London, Liverpool and Plovdiv. The company was founded with one clear mission: to become the smartest company in football. Our expertise results from a qualitative methodology that sets

SOFIA PRIDE SPORTS 2019 PROGRAMME

Sofia Pride Sports second edition will offer all sports enthusiasts a rich variety of sport events which will be organized in the timeframe of over one month! Follow us on Facebook for the latest news. 1. Women’s Tennis Tournament May 1, 12 a.m. – 4 p.m., Tennis Club 15:40 Sofia Pride Sports has the pleasure

Series of LGBTI-phobic attacks against the only LGBTI center in Bulgaria

A series of worrying LGBTI-phobic attacks occurred in the last Month in Sofia. The target of the attacks is Rainbow Hub, the first and only LGBTI center in Bulgaria. On March 16th, 2019, around seven o’clock a young man entered the Rainbow Hub and aggressively broke the stand of our flag, then stole

Walk a mile in her shoes

Bilitis was one of the initiators of the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes (when Stana Ilieva was a volunteer at Bilitis) in 2013 as a means of raising awareness on violence against women, and involving men as allies. This event attracted a number of partners, among which the Information Center of the European Parliament