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| Region | Bulgaria |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | There is little available information about gender-affirming care in Bulgaria. However, all restrictions seem to be practical and not legal but transphobia is still rampant and there have been attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors. However, the ban was rejected in 2024. |
| Sources | https://www.amnesty.eu/news/bulgaria-rejection-of-attempt-to-criminalise-gender-affirming-healthcare-a-welcome-block-against-rising-tide-of-hate/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bulgaria/ - paragraph 33 |
| Federal Law | Yes |
Revision History (6)
edited by jadeywadey. Reverting to revision #52436: legal is the correct status here
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Legal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Legal |
| Description | There are no official guidelines in place for accessing gender affirming care in Bulgaria. An endocrinologist in Bulgaria would be able to prescribe gender affirming care, but due to conservative attitudes and lack of knowledge in how to deal with trans patients, they often refuse. Due to the complex nature of the situation - on one hand there not being any concrete laws to ban or restrict gender affirming care, but on the other hand the lack of proper guidelines and rampant transphobia, and on top of that the lack of trustworthy sources on the matter, the status of gender affirming care in Bulgaria is ambiguous. | There is little available information about gender-affirming care in Bulgaria. However, all restrictions seem to be practical and not legal but transphobia is still rampant and there have been attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors. However, the ban was rejected in 2024. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
| Sources | https://www.amnesty.eu/news/bulgaria-rejection-of-attempt-to-criminalise-gender-affirming-healthcare-a-welcome-block-against-rising-tide-of-hate/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bulgaria/ - paragraph 33 https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu/consenting-medical-treatment-without-parental-consent https://rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/countries/bulgaria/ https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu/access-transgender-hormone-therapy https://www.speakactchange.org/2019/05/28/how-it-is-to-be-a-transgender-person-in-bulgaria/ | https://www.amnesty.eu/news/bulgaria-rejection-of-attempt-to-criminalise-gender-affirming-healthcare-a-welcome-block-against-rising-tide-of-hate/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bulgaria/ - paragraph 33 |
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edited by fem_enby_queen_07769. The situation of gender affirming care in Bulgaria is complex, therefore labelling it as "legal" is misleading.
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| Value | Legal | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Legal | Ambiguous |
| Description | There is little available information about gender-affirming care in Bulgaria. However, all restrictions seem to be practical and not legal but transphobia is still rampant and there have been attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors. However, the ban was rejected in 2024. | There are no official guidelines in place for accessing gender affirming care in Bulgaria. An endocrinologist in Bulgaria would be able to prescribe gender affirming care, but due to conservative attitudes and lack of knowledge in how to deal with trans patients, they often refuse. Due to the complex nature of the situation - on one hand there not being any concrete laws to ban or restrict gender affirming care, but on the other hand the lack of proper guidelines and rampant transphobia, and on top of that the lack of trustworthy sources on the matter, the status of gender affirming care in Bulgaria is ambiguous. |
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| Federal Law | Yes | No |
| Sources | https://www.amnesty.eu/news/bulgaria-rejection-of-attempt-to-criminalise-gender-affirming-healthcare-a-welcome-block-against-rising-tide-of-hate/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bulgaria/ - paragraph 33 | https://www.amnesty.eu/news/bulgaria-rejection-of-attempt-to-criminalise-gender-affirming-healthcare-a-welcome-block-against-rising-tide-of-hate/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bulgaria/ - paragraph 33 https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu/consenting-medical-treatment-without-parental-consent https://rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/countries/bulgaria/ https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu/access-transgender-hormone-therapy https://www.speakactchange.org/2019/05/28/how-it-is-to-be-a-transgender-person-in-bulgaria/ |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding info on the ban attempt. It was rejected. Yay!
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| Description | There is little available information about gender-affirming care in Bulgaria. However, all restrictions seem to be practical and not legal but transphobia is still rampant and there have been attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors. | There is little available information about gender-affirming care in Bulgaria. However, all restrictions seem to be practical and not legal but transphobia is still rampant and there have been attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors. However, the ban was rejected in 2024. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
edited by jadeywadey. Reverting to revision #52344: source added's reliability is dubious, de jure there are no restrictions
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| Value | Legal, but restricted for minors | Legal |
| Description | Despite no concrete laws banning or restricting gender affirming care in Bulgaria, due to the lack of availability of gender affirming care as a whole, the conservative attitude of Bulgarian doctors as a whole - meaning that most would not prescribe gender affirming hormone therapy or blockers to a minor - the age of medical consent being strictly 18, and many attempts to ban gender affirming care for minors in the past - it is certainly at the minimum restricted for minors. | There is little available information about gender-affirming care in Bulgaria. However, all restrictions seem to be practical and not legal but transphobia is still rampant and there have been attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors. |
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| Sources | https://www.amnesty.eu/news/bulgaria-rejection-of-attempt-to-criminalise-gender-affirming-healthcare-a-welcome-block-against-rising-tide-of-hate/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bulgaria/ - paragraph 33 https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu/consenting-medical-treatment-without-parental-consent | https://www.amnesty.eu/news/bulgaria-rejection-of-attempt-to-criminalise-gender-affirming-healthcare-a-welcome-block-against-rising-tide-of-hate/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bulgaria/ - paragraph 33 |
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edited by fem_enby_queen_07769. The previous edit was inaccurate, and did not reflect the current state of gender affirming care in bulgaria.
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| Value | Legal | Legal, but restricted for minors |
| Description | After extensive research, there is little available information about gender-affirming care in Bulgaria. However, all restrictions seem to be practical and not legal but transphobia is still rampant and there have been attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors. | Despite no concrete laws banning or restricting gender affirming care in Bulgaria, due to the lack of availability of gender affirming care as a whole, the conservative attitude of Bulgarian doctors as a whole - meaning that most would not prescribe gender affirming hormone therapy or blockers to a minor - the age of medical consent being strictly 18, and many attempts to ban gender affirming care for minors in the past - it is certainly at the minimum restricted for minors. |
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| Sources | https://www.amnesty.eu/news/bulgaria-rejection-of-attempt-to-criminalise-gender-affirming-healthcare-a-welcome-block-against-rising-tide-of-hate/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bulgaria/ - paragraph 33 | https://www.amnesty.eu/news/bulgaria-rejection-of-attempt-to-criminalise-gender-affirming-healthcare-a-welcome-block-against-rising-tide-of-hate/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bulgaria/ - paragraph 33 https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/mapping-minimum-age-requirements-concerning-rights-child-eu/consenting-medical-treatment-without-parental-consent |
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created by jadeywadey
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | After extensive research, there is little available information about gender-affirming care in Bulgaria. However, all restrictions seem to be practical and not legal but transphobia is still rampant and there have been attempts to ban gender-affirming care for minors. |
| Sources | https://www.amnesty.eu/news/bulgaria-rejection-of-attempt-to-criminalise-gender-affirming-healthcare-a-welcome-block-against-rising-tide-of-hate/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/bulgaria/ - paragraph 33 |