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- GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
- EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
Thoands of Hungarians have braved srchg heat for the annual Pri march Budapt, prottg agast ernment ntrols over public displays by the LGBT pots:Hungary's ernment banned the "display and promotn of homosexualy" among those unr 18A spokperson for the pri march said the number of people attendg doubled sce the banThe US ambassador and many other diplomats participated the marchPrime Mister Viktor Orban's ernment promot a Christian-nservative agenda and 2021 banned the "display and promotn of homosexualy" among those unr 18 spe strong cricism om rights groups and the European Unn. "But unfortunately I have to say that beg proud of beg gay is not as accepted Hungary as the Wt.
EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
(Rters: Bernatt Szabo)Neher anisers nor the ernment gave a number for the marchers, though wns timated about 10, 000 people ads for the Pri para were only allowed to be aired late at night, wh most channels not takg the risk at all, Hungarian news se this week, Hungary's send-largt bookseller received a rerd fe for sellg a book that picts homosexualy whout closed wrappg. The 28th annual event as the untry’s laws, which ban the pictn of homosexualy or genr transn, to mors unr 18 have begun to be applied wh creasg regulary, rultg f and other penalti for those who dissemate LGBTQ+ ntent.
David Vig, director at Amnty Internatnal Hungary, said that ntrast to some untri Wtern Europe and North Ameri where Pri events are celebratns of LGBTQ+ history and culture, Budapt Pri is a way of prottg creasg crackdowns on the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people.