About ACCEPT-Romania

ACCEPT is the first Romanian non-governmental organization that defends and promotes the rights of LGBTs (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals) at the national level.

Our Mission is to create a better society for the LGBT in Romania.
Our Purpose is to change negative social attitudes toward LGBT people in Romania.
Our Goal is a society in which sexual orientation is just another human characteristic among others.

In 1994 Bucharest Acceptance Group was founded, aiming to promote an open, reasonable dialogue on the complex topic of same-sex relationships. On October 25, 1996 ACCEPT (Bucharest Acceptance Group) was officially registered as a human rights non-governmental organization. In 1997 ACCEPT launched a national and international campaign for the repeal of Article 200 of the Romanian Penal Code, which incriminated same-sex relationships. As a result of this campaign, the legislative process leading to the repeal of article 200 was completed on January 30, 2002.

In May 1999, ACCEPT was awarded the “EGALITE” (“Equality for Gays and Lesbians in the European Institutions”) Prize at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, for its overall activity in defense of the rights and liberties of the LGBT people in Romania. Also, in 1999 ACCEPT was nominated for the Sacharov Prize of the European Parliament. Between 4th and 8th of October 2000, ACCEPT organized in Bucharest the 22nd European Conference of ILGA (The International Lesbian and Gay Association), titled “ACCEPTing Diversity”. On 28 May, 2005 ACCEPT organized the first Romanian Gay Pride in Bucharest, a very important moment for the Romanian LGBT Movement.

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