Gays Hungary facg creased ernment hostily, rights group says

Contents:

• U.S. DIPLOMAT STICKS IT TO ANTI-GAY PRIME MISTER—WH A HUGE PRI PARTY
• GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
• HOW HATRED OF GAY PEOPLE BEME A KEY PLANK HUNGARY’S THORARIAN TURN
• BUDAPT GAY BARS
• GAYS HUNGARY FACG CREASED ERNMENT HOSTILY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
• BUDAPT GAY SNAS
• IS BUDAPT GAY IENDLY? - HUNGARY FOM
• GAY DICTNARY HUNGARIAN

U.S. DIPLOMAT STICKS IT TO ANTI-GAY PRIME MISTER—WH A HUGE PRI PARTY

In another blow to lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights Hungary, on July 13, the Hungarian ernment proposed a bill that exclus transgenr women om a women-only pensn scheme. The puty Fisz factn lear publicly cricized the judge while pro-ernment media regurgated trans- and homophobic msagg.

GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH

Instead of discrimatg and fuelg tolerance, parliament should redouble efforts to protect the basic human rights of everyone Hungary, cludg people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr.

HOW HATRED OF GAY PEOPLE BEME A KEY PLANK HUNGARY’S THORARIAN TURN

Sce his arrival Budapt last year, the gay human rights lawyer has been relentlsly cricized by the untry’s state-ntrolled media for what they perceive as his provotive propagandizg of progrsive Wtern valu to a people who do not share weekend plans seem likely to spark another round of vective. The retail cha said was dog so pliance wh a 2021 so-lled “child protectn” law which banned the “display and promotn of homosexualy” to children unr the age of 18. Hungary’s parliament passed legislatn on Tuday that bans the dissematn of ntent schools emed to promote homosexualy and genr change, amid strong cricism om human rights groups and opposn parti.

BUDAPT GAY BARS

Unr amendments submted to the bill last week, unr-18s nnot be shown any ntent that enurag genr change or homosexualy. Gay marriage is not regnized Hungary and only heterosexual upl n legally adopt children. Orban’s ernment has refed marriage as the unn between one man and one woman the nstutn, and limed gay adoptn.

GAYS HUNGARY FACG CREASED ERNMENT HOSTILY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

The openly gay lear has bee a well-known figure the LGBTQ movement Poland, even as the lg party has gaed ternatnal headl for s anti-LGBTQ stanc. He said he did not know of a sgle gay person his village. But never any gays.

“We are the most homophobic untry on the map of Europe the EU, ” said Biedroń. Forty-seven percent said “homosexualy should not be accepted by society, ” when the Pew Rearch Center nducted a poll, between 2015 and 2016. Dpe all this, Biedroń, cid to enter activism, -foundg the Campaign Agast Homophobia 2001.

Bis I knew I’m the ‘only gay the village. In 2011, he beme the first openly gay member the Sejm, the lower Hoe of the Polish Parliament.

BUDAPT GAY SNAS

In 2014, he beme the first openly gay mayor the untry, takg the top learship role the northwt cy of Słupsk. This electn sent Biedroń to the European Parliament, as the first openly gay member om Poland. The Lira Kiskerkelmi Kft bookstore cha is the latt bookstore to e unr fire om the ernment for breakg a law passed 2021 that forbids the advertisement or distributn of materials that "promote or display homosexualy.

"The office of the Budapt regnal ernment stated a prs release that “the vtigatn tablished that the books qutn pict homosexualy, yet they were displayed among books for children, classified as youth lerature, and they were not distributed sealed packagg. The “child protectn law”, which was passed by a sweepg 157 vot to one, has garnered fierce cricism om wh Hungary and the European law broadly bans ntent which “promot or portrays a divergence om self-inty rrpondg to sex at birth, sex change or homosexualy” to April, the Hungarian parliament approved a law that would make possible for people to report fai that go agast “nstutnally regnized role of marriage and the fay. Hungary’s parliament has passed a law banng gay people om featurg school tnal materials or TV shows for unr-18s, as Viktor Orbán’s lg party tensified s mpaign agast LGBT natnal assembly passed the legislatn by 157 vot to one, after MPs the lg Fisz party ignored a last-mute plea by one of Europe’s leadg human rights officials to abandon the plan as “an afont agast the rights and inti of LGBTI persons”.

Dpe a boytt of the vote by some opposn policians, the oute was never doubt, as Fisz has a healthy majory and the plans were supported by the far-right Jobbik measur have been likened by crics to Rsia’s 2013 law agast “gay propaganda” that pennt monors say has creased social hostily and fuelled vigilante attacks agast lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people the EU untry’s eastern Hungarian legislatn outlaws sharg rmatn wh unr-18s that the ernment nsirs to be promotg homosexualy or genr change. Compani and large anisatns will also be banned om nng adverts solidary wh gay people, if they are emed to target unr-18s. In 2019, a Co-Cola ad mpaign featurg sg gay upl and anti-discrimatn slogans prompted some proment Fisz members to ll for a boytt of the pany’s law means that TV shows and films featurg gay characters, or even a rabow flag, would be permted only after the watershed, say mpaigners who have studied the legislatn.

IS BUDAPT GAY IENDLY? - HUNGARY FOM

The ia that beg gay pos a risk self to people unr 18 is such a horrible vic ncept … It will have tragic effects on the mental wellbeg of young LGBT people. ”Misters om the EU’s 26 other untri have been urged to raise the law wh their Hungarian unterpart at a meetg Luxembourg next week, which is due to turn the spotlight on the le of law latt measur follow the cisn to effectively ban adoptn by gay upl and end legal regnn for genr chang, cludg people who have already ma the Viktor Orbán’s ernment has targeted migrants s polil msagg, gay rights have e unr creasg prsure ahead of parliamentary electns 2022. A new law Hungary banng the "promotn" of homosexualy among mors has sparked wispread outcry - domatg Euro 2020 wh a rabow row and overshadowg today's EU summ on Bssels.

GAY DICTNARY HUNGARIAN

But s fal draft ntas amendments that crics say nflate paedophilia wh homosexualy. The law bans the "promotn of homosexualy" to unr-18s, and says that only ernment-approved stctors are allowed to teach sex tn schools. Firms nnot n ads showg support for homosexuals if they are seen as targetg mors, acrdg to the law.

And broadsters fear they uld be barred om showg movi the daytime if they feature gay characters or even show a rabow flag.

Crics say the law is even harsher than Rsia's 2013 ban on gay propaganda. Mr Orban ni that the law is homophobic, scribg Ms von r Leyen's cricism as "shameful". "This is not a law about homosexualy, but a law about how children are ted matters ncerng sexualy, " he said.