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EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
A survey of 140,000 lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex people Europe found "hate and equaly rema a major challenge." * eu one gay *
Hungary’s hardle natnalist ernment passed a new law earlier this month banng ntent that “promot” homosexualy and genr change om beg shared wh children, effectively prohibg any discsn of LGBTQ them schools. In dog so, Orbán has followed the playbook of Poland’s ernment, which has been chippg away at the rights of the LGBTQ muny for a number of years, adoptg discrimatory rhetoric and stokg homophobia. “There’s a real regrsn happeng many different untri, and rights that had been regnized are now beg challenged, ” said Evelyne Paradis, the executive director of the European branch of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA-Europe).
Orbán, like the ernment Poland and some other untri, is tryg to prent homophobic polici as a way of protectg natnal valu. “It’s not about homosexuals, ’s about the kids and the parents, ” he told reporters, addg that he was a “eedom fighter” durg Hungary’s munist era.
AM I GAY?
She add that the ia of natn is often closely associated wh a tradnal fay and genr rol – another way to “other” the gay muny. “You have plac like Germany, France, Spa where 85% or more say that homosexualy should be accepted by society and then once you’re past the dividg le, on the other si of the former Iron Curta, those numbers beg to fall pretty rapidly and then get even lower as you go to Rsia, ” he said. Acrdg to Pohter’s rearch, 47% of people Poland and 49% of people Hungary say homosexualy should be accepted.
“When you look at the former Eastern bloc, the untri had a long tradn of really progrsive legislatn towards LGBTQ rights, Poland for stance crimalized homosexualy 1932, which is really, really early, ” Kościańska said. Duds said Hungary, too, was once ahead of Wtern Europe, crimalizg homosexualy 1961, although the muny remaed largely visible.
76% of Europeans polled 2019 agreed that gay, lbian or bisexual people should have the same rights as heterosexual people, up om 71% 2015. However, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people n face discrimatn many areas of life, for stance when lookg for a job or askg for social secury benefs, at school or when they need healthre.