80% of Bulgarians Do Not Accept Gays - Survey

Society | December 21, 2007, Friday // 00:00
Bulgaria: 80% of Bulgarians Do Not Accept Gays - Survey A study on discrimination in Bulgaria shows that 80% of the people have negative attitude towards gays. Photo by Yuliana Nikolova (Sofia Photo Agency)

About 80% of the Bulgarians have negative attitude towards homosexual people, according to the results of a new discrimination study.

The research conducted by Skala agency in September shows that only 17 % can freely communicate with gay people, while 53 % declared they have extremely negative attitude towards homosexuals.

Almost half of the inquired would not work with homosexuals while 70% of the people would not let their child go to a school where a gay teacher works.

The study also shows that the prejudices of Bulgarians are focused mainly on the transvestites, whereas the homosexual women enjoy the highest degree of tolerance.

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