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- HUNGARY PASS LAWS CURTAILG GAY RIGHTS AND EXPANDG EXECUTIVE POWER
- HUNGARIAN PM SAYS HE IS GAY RIGHTS FIGHTER, FENDS NEW LAW
- GAYS HUNGARY FACG CREASED ERNMENT HOSTILY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
- EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
HUNGARY PASS LAWS CURTAILG GAY RIGHTS AND EXPANDG EXECUTIVE POWER
Organisers acce Hungary's right-wg ernment of seekg to discrimate agast gay people. * hungary on gay rights *
Image source, RtersImage ptn, Activists displayed a huge rabow balloon ont of Hungary's parliament to prott agast the lawThe European Parliament has voted favour of urgent legal actn over Hungary's new law banng the pictn of homosexualy to new legislatn breached "EU valu, prcipl and law", MEPs parliament add that the law was "another tentnal and premedated example of the gradual dismantlg of fundamental rights Hungary" Mister Viktor Orban sists school policy is a matter for Hungary, not "Bssels burecrats" a rolutn passed on Thursday wh 459 favour, 147 agast and 58 abstentns, MEPs said the latt velopments Hungary followed a broar pattern of polil parliament urged the European Commissn to e a new tool that allows the EU to rce budget allotns to member stat breach of the le of law, to ensure that the Hungarian ernment reverse the cisn. Crics say Hungary's new law, which me to force on Thursday, equat homosexualy wh paedophilia. The new l troduced by Hungary foc on creasg punishment for nvicted paedophil, but an amendment was passed on 15 June banng the portrayal or promotn of homosexualy among uld affect sex tn and advertisg, and even stop TV favour such as Friends or Harry Potter beg broadst until late at night, there are also fears that vulnerable young people uld be prived of important support.
Hungary also do not regnise gay Orban has been wily cricised the EU, acced of curbg the rights of migrants and other mori, policisg the urts and media, and toleratg anti-Semism. Image source, AFPLGBT people and their supporters have marched through the pal cy of Hungary to fend their as the ernment tri to lim discsn of homosexualy and transgenr issu schools.
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HUNGARIAN PM SAYS HE IS GAY RIGHTS FIGHTER, FENDS NEW LAW
Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) rights and the groups who work to protect them are unr h prsure Hungary. * hungary on gay rights *
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal regnnViews on same-sex upl' right to adoptAcceptance of homosexuals as neighbors? 8%) Mentned homosexualsDid not mentn homosexuals (62. 1%)Jtifiabily of homosexualy?
"Should society accept homosexualy? HistoryHomosexual activy Hungary? Homosexual activy Hungary is legal.
Current statSce Dec 15, 1961Legal Homosexual activy was crimalised Hungary marriage Hungary? Current statSce Jan 1, 2020Legal In 2020, the 12-month ferral perd was scrapped, wh dividualised risk asssment (1-year ferral)Gay and bisexual men were allowed to donate blood followg a 12-month ferral perd. Still attu of homosexualy as a disease.
GAYS HUNGARY FACG CREASED ERNMENT HOSTILY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS
A dark day for LGBTI rights as homophobic and transphobic law siar to Rsia's "Gay Propaganda Law" adopted * hungary on gay rights *
REUTERS/Marton Mon/File PhotoBUDAPEST, 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. The le bans the distributn of ntent which “promot or portrays a divergence om self-inty rrpondg to sex at birth, sex change or homosexualy” to a day before Budapt Pri, another cha, Líra, was fed 12, 000, 000 Forts (€32, 000) for displayg the award-wng young adult book, Heartstopper, at the children’s sectn whout a plastic ver.
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. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTHungary Pass Laws Curtailg Gay Rights and Expandg Executive PowerThe legislatn allows Prime Mister Viktor Orban to further nsolidate power while erodg civil liberti. It also mak harr to sctize how the ernment spends public photo by John ThysBUDAPEST — The Hungarian Parliament passed a raft of sweepg measur on Tuday that curtail the rights of gay cizens and make more difficult for opposn parti to challenge Prime Mister Viktor Orban and his party future new laws also relax oversight of the spendg of public funds, which crics say will allow the ernment to e state money to benef legislatn clus a nstutnal amendment that crics say lowers the legal thrhold for the ernment to clare a state of emergency, while also removg meangful oversight of s actns while such a cree is same amendment would also effectively bar gay upl om adoptg children Hungary by fg a fay as cludg a man as the father and a woman as the mother.
EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
LGBT Rights Hungary: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * hungary on gay rights *
As the ernment mpaign has tensified, surveys have shown a rise Kisbenek/Agence France-Prse — Getty ImagEarlier this year, the ernment adopted legislatn tyg an dividual’s genr to the person’s sex and chromosom at birth — the first law of s kd Europe and a clear attack on transgenr new legislatn barrg gay upl om adoptg children at a time when Mr. Orban’s far-right ernment is alg wh the downfall of a key party official a sex and dgs Szajer, a longtime ally of the prime mister, rigned om the party and gave up his seat the European Parliament late November after he was ught vlatg ronavis rtrictns Bssels by attendg what the host scribed as a gay police apprehend Mr.
”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 11 of the New York edn wh the headle: Hungary Further Expands Executive Power and Curtails Gay Rights. FILE - People march durg a gay pri para Budapt, Hungary, Saturday, July 24, 2021.