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Accept is a nongovernmental organization that advocates for the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Romania. It is based in Bucharest and also acts as the Romanian representative at ILGA-Europe. The organisation also advocates on behalf of individuals with HIV-AIDS and carries out several programs to encourage safe sex. Accept was founded in 1996. At the time, the Paragraph 200 from the Romanian legislation was in effect, which criminalised same-sex relationships and contributed to human rights violations, including police abuse against LGBT people. The main aim of Accept, early in its history, was to lobby and campaign against this piece of legislation. Due to the lobby & advocacy efforts made by Accept (backed also by heavy international support), Paragraph 200 was finally repealed in 2001. Since 2004, Accept has also been the organizer of GayFest, the yearly Romanian gay pride festival (complete with a pride march on its closing day). The first pride march took place in 2005. During 2005-2006, Accept has published two periodical publications: ''Inklusiv'', a bimonthly LGBT magazine, and ''ENOLA'', a magazine designed for lesbians and bisexual women. Both were distributed throughout Romania (''Inklusiv'' was free). Since March 24, 2008, the organization has also run "INFO Accept", a hotline for LGBT support issues such as coming out, overcoming discrimination or questions regarding sexual orientation.〔(Linie telefonica pentru gay in Romania ) (''Telephone line for gays in Romania''), ''Angelicuss''〕 ==See also== *LGBT rights in Romania *Same-sex marriage in Romania *List of LGBT rights organisations 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Accept (organization)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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