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Contents:

• GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
• ADVOCY GROUPS: ETHPIAN ERNMENT’S ANTI-GAY RHETORIC SPURS ONLE ATTACKS
• EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS

GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH

The jot statement, signed by embassi om untri cludg the Uned Stat, Germany and Ukrae, exprsed “full support for members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and tersex (LGBTQI+) muny Hungary and their rights to equaly and non-discrimatn. A law passed 2021, ostensibly to protect children om pedophilia, forbids the display of homosexual ntent to mors media, cludg televisn, films, advertisements and lerature. 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.

ADVOCY GROUPS: ETHPIAN ERNMENT’S ANTI-GAY RHETORIC SPURS ONLE ATTACKS

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.

EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS

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. 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. REUTERS/Marton Mon/File Photo Acquire Licensg RightsBUDAPEST, July 14 (Rters) - The embassi of the Uned Stat, Germany and 36 other untri urged Hungary's ernment to protect the rights of LGBT people and scrap laws that discrimate agast them a statement ahead of Budapt's Pri march on Mister Viktor Orban's ernment promot a strongly Christian-nservative agenda and passed a law 2021 banng the "display and promotn of homosexualy" among unr-18s, spe cricism om rights groups and the European a jot statement, the embassi and about 10 cultural stutns cludg the Brish Council, the Estonian Instute and Instut Français said they supported Saturday's event which is expected to draw thoands to downtown Budapt. As an openly gay man, who grew up when beg ‘out’ was difficult, I unrstand change, and fought for change my whole life.