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LGBT+ Hungarians reacted with shock and anger in March when the government fast-tracked a law which limits the right to assemble in public – seen by many as a deliberate attempt to prevent Pride ...
The protests have defied police orders to disperse from bridges and main roads in Budapest. And in a rare instance of a ...
Hungary deepened its repression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people on March 18 as the parliament passed a draconian law that will outlaw Pride and similar events, thereby ...
A participant waves a rainbow flag during an LGBT rights demonstration in front of the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary on June 14, 2021. Credit: AP/Bela Szandelszky Hungary's ...
Hungary's president has signed a law proposed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling party that will ban LGBTQ+ communities ...
The bill aligned with the general anti-LGBT policy direction adopted by the ruling party. In 2021, Hungary banned the “promotion of homosexuality” to those under 18. In a speech delivered in February, ...
THOUSANDS of protesters blocked major thoroughfares and three bridges in central Budapest on Tuesday in opposition to new rules that effectively ban LGBT Pride events and restrict Hungarians’ right to ...
Ireland's Tánaiste Simon Harris issued a statement today, Wednesday, March 19, responding to new legislation in Hungary that bans Pride events. "I am alarmed that the Hungarian Parliament has ...
Hungary has passed a law banning Pride marches held by the LGBT community, sparking outrage in and out of the country. Parliament voted for the measure just a day after the bill was submitted on ...
A majority of Hungarian lawmakers have voted to ban LGBT pride marches and allow facial recognition software to identify participants, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday, March 18. The ban on ...