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1968 in LGBT Rights

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In 1968, there were 9 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 10 changes made and 9 in the following year. A total of 90 legal changes were made in the 1960s.

  • October 12
    LGBT housing discrimination becomes no protections.
  • LGBT employment discrimination becomes no protections.
  • LGBT discrimination becomes no protections.
    There is no explicit legal protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. However, Law 1/2016 on Personal Data Protection establishes in its articles 10 and 41 the protection of personal data related to "sexual life" that implies discrimination.
  • Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    Homosexuality is legal for both male and female
  • September 6
    Same-sex adoption becomes single only.
  • May 1
    Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    Homosexuality is legal within Razgrad
  • Homosexual activity becomes legal.
    Since 1968, homosexual activity in Bulgaria had been legal
  • (date unknown)
    Homosexual activity becomes illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
    The famous article 200 which was introduced in 1968 criminalizes all sexual relations between persons of the same sex. The punishment was imprisonment from one to five years.
  • January 1
    Same-sex marriage becomes banned.
    Article 1551 of the Civil Code defines Marriage as the "voluntary union between two people of different sexes, in accordance with the law, who intend to form a family through a full communion of life." Article 1587 of the Civil Code states that "A marriage contracted by two people of the same sex is legally non-existent."