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Overview

Homosexuality is legal in Romania since 2001, but same-sex marriage and partnership is not recognised, with an exception of foreign same-sex marriages. Discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is banned under Romanian criminal code in areas of housing, employment and military service. It is legal to change one’s legal gender, but the legal procedures are to accomplish that are not straightforward. National Council for Combating Discrimination is an official governmental body in charge of implementing anti-discrimination laws and policies in Romania.Ìý

• Ìýby ILGA Europe [in English].
• ÌýbyÌýILGA EuropeÌý[in English].

Resources

Books

• Adam, B.,ÌýDuyvendak, JanÌýWillem,ÌýKrouwel,ÌýAndré, &ÌýKrouwel,ÌýAndrâe. (2009).Ìý.ÌýPhiladelphia: Temple University Press.
• Balan, G. (2004).Ìý. Bucurest: Maiko.
• Buyantueva, R. & Shevtsova M. (2020). . Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan.
• Fejes, N., & Balogh, A. (2012).Ìý.ÌýBristol: Intellect books.
• Mole, R. (2021). . London: ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press.
• O'Dwyer, C. (2018).Ìý.ÌýÌýNew York: New York University.
• Sremac, Ganzevoort, Sremac, SrÄ‘an, & Ganzevoort, Reinder Ruard. (2015).Ìý.Ìý Leiden: Brill.

Repositories

• is the institutional repository of „Dunărea de Jos“ University of GalaÈ›i and makes the university scientific output freely available [in Romanian, English].
• [in Romanian, English].

Data and statistics

• . FRA Europe [in English].Ìý
• Ìýby OSCE ODIHR [in English].Ìý
• , includes , ILGA Europe -Ìýa world survey of sexual orientation laws +ÌýÌý[in English].

Reports

• .ÌýILGAÌýEurope [in English].
• . ILGA report. 2014 [in English].
• . Reports,Ìý1998 - [in English].
• . Study conducted for FRA Europe, 2008Ìý[inÌýEnglish].
• . ILGA Europe Policy Paper, April 2004 [in English].
• . Accept. ECPR,Ìý2014ÌýÌý[in Romanian]. Ìý
• .ÌýHuman Rights Watch and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.ÌýNew York: Human Rights Watch, 1998Ìý[inÌýEnglish].Ìý
• . Amnesty International report [in English].
• .ÌýAccept, IGLHRC, and ILGA-Europe,Ìý2008 [in English].

News portals

• in Romania at Romania liberaÌý[in Romanian].

Digital libraries and archives

• Adrian Newell Queer Archive - documents on the history of homosexuality in Romania, available via [in Romanian].
• - Romanian periodicals available freely in digital format from the collection of the Bucharest Metropolitan Library. [in Romanian, English].
• - Digital library of interviews, memoirs, oral history studies, books and images of Romania's recent history [in Romanian, English].
• Ìý- Electronic services portalÌýthat can be used toÌýnavigate throughÌýfond descriptions and the collections of the territorial structures of the National Archives of Romania, includingÌýbrowsingÌýthrough certain digital documents [in Romanian, English].
• provides access to selected films excerpts from its collection, also small selection of film posters [in Romanian, English].
• is the digital platform of the ‘Carol I’ Central University Library which gathers digitized collections of manuscripts, old and rare books, press, journals and other serial publications, current Romanian and foreign books, iconographic resources, cartographic resources and audio-video resources [in Romanian, English].
• Ìý - Contains wide variety of digitised documents such as manuscripts, old and rare books, periodicals, stamps, maps, photographic material from the collection of the National Library of Romania, as well as documents originally published only in electronic format [in Romanian, English].

Organisations

• Ìý- an NGO that advocates for the rights ofÌýLGBT people inÌýRomania. Their website contains articles and videos related to LGBTÌýin RomaniaÌý[in Romanian].
• Ìý- a nongovernmental organization active in preventing and fighting violence against women and children and in promoting gender equality.Ìý[in RomanianÌýand English].
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Other resources

• in Romania at Romania liberaÌý[in Romanian].
• [in Romanian].
• Ìý- portal of anÌýannual festival dedicated toÌýLGBT rights in Romania [in Romanian].
• is a good resource for articles on LGBT in RomaniaÌý[in Romanian].
• contains reports on LGBTQ and gender issues in the regionÌý[in Romanian, English].
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• provides a list of legal cases of discrimination against sexual orientation and genderÌý[in Romanian].
• Ìý-Ìýa platform dedicated to sexual education, it provides related material including LGBTQ content [in Romanian]. Ìý
• Ìý-ÌýLGBTÌýcommunity website [in Romanian].

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