Thousands march to defend LGBTQ rights in Romania
Thousands marched in the Romanian capital on Saturday to demand equal rights for gender and sexual minorities as fears rise over a draft law to ban discussing homosexuality and gender transition in schools. Among the crowd was 37-year-old Catalin Enescu, who had come with his wife and two young daughters, dressed in rainbow-colored dresses. “It’s my first time taking part in a march like this, but it’s important to be here because the rights of LGBTQ people are no longer respected,” he said. Romania decriminalized homosexuality in 2001, but same-sex couples are not allowed to marry or ...