Based on 27 in-depth interviews, web platforms analysis, and participatory observations this study investigates (a) the emergence and the development of the Bulgarian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning and intersex (LGBTQI) movement; and (b) the activists' motivation for engagement with the movement. Challenging the new social movements’ theories the data from the study suggest that (a) the LGBTQI movement in Bulgaria emerged within the political and the economic transformations marked by anti-communist rhetoric, rather than collective sexual identity; (b) most of the diverse activist communities and the incorporation of “bottom-up” approach did not emerge spontaneously but were established by funded and professionalized project activities; (c) an increasing number of younger activists use left-oriented intersectional approaches in their activism emphasizing on the economic rather than the cultural conditions: (d) the stable financial and social resources of the anti-gender campaigns require reconsideration of the resources and the structure of the LGBTQI movements seen primarily as social entities, often neglecting the economic and the political structures.

基于27项深入访谈，网络平台分析和参与性观察，本研究调查（a）保加利亚女同性恋，男同性恋，双性恋，变性，同志/质疑和双性恋（LGBTQI）运动的出现和发展；（b）维权人士参与运动的动机。挑战新社会运动的理论的研究数据表明：（a）保加利亚的LGBTQI运动出现在以反共主义言论而非集体性认同为标志的政治和经济变革之内；（b）大多数多元化的激进主义者社区并没有自发地采用“自下而上”的方法，而是通过资助和专业化的项目活动来建立的；