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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Romania may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Romania is generally socially conservative with regard to the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender citizens. Nevertheless, the country has made significant progress in LGBT rights legislation since 2000. In the past decade, it fully decriminalised homosexuality, introduced and enforced wide-ranging anti-discrimination laws, equalised the age of consent and introduced laws against homophobic hate crimes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Romania anti-gay assault on seven people )〕〔http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/eveniment/hate-crimes-in-romania-a-fost-lansat-primul-site-de-monitorizare-a-infractiunilor-impotriva-grupurilor-vulnerabile-287134.html〕 Furthermore, LGBT communities have become more visible in recent years, as a result of events such as Bucharest's annual GayFest pride parade and Cluj-Napoca's Gay Film Nights festival. In 2006, Romania was named by Human Rights Watch as one of five countries in the world that had made "exemplary progress in combating rights abuses based on sexual orientation or gender identity."〔(On International Day Against Homophobia, Violations Mixed With Victories ), Human Rights Watch〕 ==Laws against homosexuality== The Romanian Penal Code of 1864, modelled on the French Penal Code, did not treat homosexual relations differently from heterosexual ones, and thus, homosexuality was only illegal if it was done on an unconsensual basis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Legislaţia românească )〕 This code remained in effect for almost three-quarters of a century. Then in 1937, a new code limited reference to homosexuality except in cases of rape. A short time later, Article 431 was introduced, stating that homosexuality could be illegal if it caused "public scandal", but not otherwise. A repeal of that language then appeared in the Penal Code of 1948. In 1968, the basic code was again revised, introducing Article 200 and moving the infraction from the public domain into the private.〔Mihnea Ion Năstase, "Gay and Lesbian Rights", in Carey, Henry F. ''Romania Since 1989: Politics, Economics, and Society'', p.315-6. 2004, Lexington Books, ISBN 0-7391-0592-2.〕 There are currently no laws against gay citizens in Romania, aside from those that deny equality in marriage. Consensual acts between same-sex adults in private were legalised in 1996, although the last anti-gay law– Article 200 of the Penal Code, which criminalised public manifestations of homosexuality– was repealed only on 28 June 2000 due to pressure from the European Council and shortly before the arrival of openly gay U.S. Ambassador to Romania Michael Guest. Since 2002, the age of consent has been equal for both heterosexual and homosexual sex, at 15 years of age.〔(World Legal Wrap Up Survey July 2006 ), ILGA〕 In late 2007, the far-right Greater Romania Party proposed a law in the Senate that would ban the "propagation of ideas and manifestations by homosexuals and lesbians", designed primarily to prevent Bucharest's annual GayFest pride parade from taking place. The proposal was rejected by the Senate on 11 February 2008, with 17 votes for, 16 abstentions and 27 votes against.〔(Propunere pentru interzicerea manifestărilor homosexualilor respinsă de Senat ) (''Proposal for banning homosexual manifestations, rejected by the Senate''), ''Adevărul'', 11 February 2008〕 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「LGBT rights in Romania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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