nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211106-011639-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211105s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211106-011639-0 doi eng 342 23 Petrova, Teodora Author aut Value Judgments The Dangers of the “Traditionalist” Rhetoric of the Bulgarian Constitutional Court Petrova, Teodora Verfassungsblog 2021-11-05 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 26 October 2021, the Bulgarian Constitutional Court issued a binding interpretative decision on the definition of the concept of “sex”. The Court held that “sex” can only have a binary biological meaning. Instead of engaging in a legal debate in relation to the discussed matter, the Constitutional Court chose to interpret the law through “values established in the society” that are derived from “other normative systems, such as religion, morality and custom”. The result is a judgment which not only neglects the rights and freedoms of transgender people, but also relies on a reasoning that could undermine women’s rights. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Bulgaria Istanbul Convention LGBT Rights LGBTQ Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/value-judgments/ raw object