Romanian rights groups condemn ban on gender identity studies | Malay Mail

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BUCHAREST, June 17 — Romanian human rights groups and universities today condemned a blanket ban on gender identity studies voted through by lawmakers, which they said would legitimise discrimination against the country’s LGBT minority. Parliament passed the amendment to the education law...

Romania joins Poland in an increased intolerance of LGBT rights. — Reuters pic

Parliament passed the amendment to the education law yesterday, pushing Romania’s sexual politics onto the same authoritarian track as neighbouring Hungary and Poland. The groups, along with universities, said the amendment contravened human rights and freedom of expression, and urged President Klaus Iohannis - who is on record as advocating equality and who must sign all bills into law - to reject it.

 

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