ACCEPT
Encyclopedia
ACCEPT is the primary nongovernmental organization advocating 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 many programs to encourage safe sex
.
As of July 2006, the executive director of ACCEPT is Florentina Bocioc, while the president is Romaniţa Iordache and the vice-president is Florin Buhuceanu.
ACCEPT currently has two periodical publications: Inklusiv, a bimonthly LGBT magazine, and ENOLA, a magazine designed for lesbians and bisexual women. Both are distributed throughout Romania (Inklusiv is free).
Since March 24, 2008, the organisation also runs "INFO Accept", a hotline
for LGBT support issues such as coming out, overcoming discrimination or questions regarding sexual orientation.
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
, bisexual, and transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
(LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
) people in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It is based in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
and also acts as the Romanian representative at ILGA-Europe
ILGA-Europe
ILGA-Europe is the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association.ILGA-Europe is a non-governmental umbrella organisation which represents its members, principally organisations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, at the European level.Its...
. The organisation also advocates on behalf of individuals with HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
-AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
; and carries out many programs to encourage safe sex
Safe sex
Safe sex is sexual activity engaged in by people who have taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS. It is also referred to as safer sex or protected sex, while unsafe or unprotected sex is sexual activity engaged in without precautions...
.
As of July 2006, the executive director of ACCEPT is Florentina Bocioc, while the president is Romaniţa Iordache and the vice-president is Florin Buhuceanu.
ACCEPT currently has two periodical publications: Inklusiv, a bimonthly LGBT magazine, and ENOLA, a magazine designed for lesbians and bisexual women. Both are distributed throughout Romania (Inklusiv is free).
Since March 24, 2008, the organisation also runs "INFO Accept", a hotline
Hotline
In telecommunication, a hotline is a point-to-point communications link in which a call is automatically directed to the preselected destination without any additional action by the user when the end instrument goes off-hook...
for LGBT support issues such as coming out, overcoming discrimination or questions regarding sexual orientation.
See also
- LGBT rights in Romania
- Same-sex marriage in RomaniaSame-sex marriage in RomaniaRomania does not recognise same-sex unions, either in the form of same-sex marriage or civil unions.-2004 election campaign:Romanian President Traian Băsescu said during his electoral campaign of late 2004 that he sees nothing wrong with same sex marriage...
- List of LGBT rights organisations