The organizing committee of Sofia Pride strongly condemns the obstruction of the peaceful screening of the film “Close” in Varna today, June 23, 2023. This happened after clear aggression by protesters and threats of violence, incompatible with the concept of a peaceful assembly. According to the Bulgarian constitution and international law, only peaceful assembly is…
Diplomats, politicians, journalists, business representatives, actors, musicians and artists were among those who attended the event at the British Embassy in Sofia. The organizing committee of the Bulgarian Pride celebration – Sofia Pride, celebrated the international day against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia on May 17th with an event at the residence of the British ambassador in Sofia. The event…
Sofia Pride 2023, the biggest human rights event in Bulgaria, will take place on June 17th, 2023. The 16th annual edition of Sofia Pride will consist of a concert in front of the Monument in the Knyazheska Garden Park followed by a peaceful march on the streets of the nation’s capital. „Sofia Pride’s family is growing bigger…
Sofia Pride 2023, the biggest human rights event in Bulgaria, will take place on June 17th, 2023. This year’s Sofia Pride will focus on the variety of families that attend the event and the key role they play in the everyday life of the Bulgarian LGBTQ community. For the first time ever, 11 Bulgarian families…
The closing event of this year’s second edition of Sofia Pride Sports was a Volleyball Tournament held on June 8 in the morning, just hours before the Sofia Pride March. This was the first edition of the Sofia Pride Volleyball Tournament and was also the first LGBTI volleyball tournament to be held in Bulgaria and…
On June 1, just a week before the 12th Sofia Pride, Si-dje Alex Boreva and Si-hing Konstantin Krastev introduced the principles of Chinese martial art Wing Tsjun/Chun/Tsun during the second edition of the street self-defense workshop within Sofia Pride Sport. According to legends, Wing Tsjun was created by a Shaolin Monastery nun with the main…
On May 29, the first event of Sofia Pride Sport – the mobility class, led by the certified Gymnastic Bodies coach Tsvetelina Gigova, took place. Tsveti has many years of experience in academic rowing, yoga and handstand, and combines elements of yoga, gymnastics and ballet. The event was… intensive. But there is no other way.…
The sunny afternoon of May 18 was a challenging day filled with a lot of emotions and sporting spirit for the footballers from the 5 women’s teams who took part in the second edition of the Football Tournament, part of the Sofia Pride Sports program. This was also the first Sofia Pride sporting event that…
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 about its prevention.…
On May 11th for a second year in a row, we gathered at the Easy Club for a bachata dance lesson. Our instructors were once again the wonderful Stuni and Yoanna, who have many years of experience both in dance teaching and participating in major international competitions. They shared with us the main steps of…