EU urt bars 'gay tt' for asylum seekers | Rters

Contents:

• IN BLOW TO HUNGARY, EU URT REJECTS REFUGEE ‘GAY TTS’
• THE GAY TT: MEDILISATN AND QUEER ASYLUM SEEKERS
• EU URT BARS 'GAY TT' FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
• GAY BUDAPT
• EU URT BARS 'GAY TT' FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS
• IS BUDAPT GAY IENDLY? - HUNGARY FOM

IN BLOW TO HUNGARY, EU URT REJECTS REFUGEE ‘GAY TTS’

The EU’s top urt yterday (25 January) led that psychologil tts to terme sexualy are illegal for asylum seekers fleeg untri where homosexualy is outlawed.

The asylum seeker had applied to Hungarian thori April 2015 sayg he feared persecutn bee of his homosexualy. Homosexualy is illegal religly nservative Nigeria and further laws agast gay marriage and same-sex unns were passed 2014. 2015 a refugee om nigeria sought asylum bee of homosexualy.

Hungary unrtook psychologil tts and found that the man was not gay and was ported. 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.

THE GAY TT: MEDILISATN AND QUEER ASYLUM SEEKERS

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.

EU URT BARS 'GAY TT' FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

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.

GAY BUDAPT

In December, parliament approved an effective ban on adoptn by gay upl, while a year ago, a ban on legally changg one's genr me to force. The legislative wave has been acpanied by risg anti-gay sentiment, notably ernment-ntrolled media.

In 2019, a Co-Cola advertisg mpaign featurg sg gay upl and anti-discrimatn slogans prompted some proment members of Fisz to ll for a boytt of the pany's products. 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.

EU URT BARS 'GAY TT' FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

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.

By Alice GouldHomosexualy is illegal at least 69 untri and discrimatn agast LGBTI persons is globally rampant.

IS BUDAPT GAY IENDLY? - HUNGARY FOM

While the suatn today is far om perfect, two s of the Court of Jtice of the European Unn (CJEU) show how the past unscientific, and human rights gg medilised tts have been ed when asssg the sexualy of gay[2] asylum seekers. When this was appealed, the Dutch Council of State referred the se to the CJEU, askg what was the lim of what n be ed as evince of a credible claim by a gay asylum seeker.

The CJEU firstly nfirmed that there n be an asssment as to whether an asylum seeker is gay or not – an asylum seeker simply claimg that they are gay is not always sufficient evince to qualify for asylum. While stereotyp alone nnot be ed to say that an asylum seeker is not gay, they are not pletely banned – meang that adjuditors’ Wtern, clichéd and even offensive thoughts on what a gay person is n enter an official asylum procs.

tried to e an k blot tt to prove if someone was gay. As if this se uld get potentially more offensive, the psychologists report after the tts stated not that the applint’s self-termed sexualy was false, but that the tts uld not nfirm that he was gay.