Lucian Dunăreanu (born 22 November 1977) is a Romanian

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activist and the executive director of Be An Angel Romania, an

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rights organisation based in

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, now PRIDE ROMÂNIA.

LGBT activities

Since 2004 he has organized the

Gay Film Nights Gay Film Nights () film festival organised annually in Cluj-Napoca, Romania by the LGBT association Be An Angel. By presenting a series of films with LGBT themes, it seeks to showcase LGBT culture and cinema, while also initiating a dialogue with ...

Festival, which includes, alongside a film festival, the Miss Travesty contest and the Gay Prize Gala for contributions to Romania's LGBT community. Dunăreanu is the editor of Romania's first LGBT magazine, '' Angelicuss''; he was also editor of the short-lived ''

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'' magazine. Dunareanu is the owner of the Veverițele Vesele - ex-

Toxice Toxice is the first drag queen band submitting the Romanian national preselection at Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The band is composed of: Divina Duvall (ex Luciana Duvall), Alehandra del Barrio, Fernanda and Bella Blue. The slogan of Toxice is t ...

musical group, which is the first professional

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band in Romania, and was the first Romanian group of its kind to enter the

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national preselection and Romanian TV shows Mondenii and

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. The slogan of Veverițele Vesele is that "Drag queen is an art and has nothing to do with sexual orientation". Alongside these activities, Dunăreanu also participates in AIDS awareness and prevention campaigns and is the owner of Delirio clubs (LGBT clubs). On 6 November 2024, Dunareanu was charged with drug trafficking and child exploitation. According to authorities, he is one of four individuals involved in a network that allegedly recruited and exploited minors, ages 15 to 17, over several years. The minors were reportedly supplied with high-risk drugs to deepen their dependency. The Cluj Tribunal has ordered a 90-day preventive detention for all four suspects as investigations continue.https://foaiatransilvana.ro/arestat-pentru-trafic-de-minori-si-de-droguri-seful-lgbt-cluj-va-sta-dupa-gratii-90-de-zile/

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The chilling life story of a homosexual? No, the life story of a remarkable man: Lucian Dunăreanu (Romanian)

* ttp://totb.ro/oameni-in-curcubeu-prin-cultura-impotriva-zidurilor/ Rainbow people. Through culture, against walls. (Romanian) 21st-century Romanian LGBTQ people Living people Romanian gay men Romanian human rights activists Romanian LGBTQ rights activists {{LGBT-activist-stub 1977 births

LGBT activities

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