On 30 October, the Rainbow Hub in Sofia, Bulgaria, was attacked by a group of 10 men who were allegedly led by Boyan Rassate.
Rassate is a self-proclaimed national socialist with the Bulgarian National Union party running for presidential office in the 14 November elections.
The incident happened during a trans community event, with the assailants vandalising the space and smashing equipment. Speaking to Euronews, Gloriya Filipova, the Foundation’s project coordinator, said: “I tried to stop them.
I started to scream ‘no’, I spread my arms and tried to stop them from entering the space.” “They entered and just spread around all the rooms and started to break everything,” she continued.