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Contents:

• 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

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HUNGARIAN PM SAYS HE IS GAY RIGHTS FIGHTER, FENDS NEW LAW

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GAYS HUNGARY FACG CREASED ERNMENT HOSTILY, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

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

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. 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.