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• EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
• HOW HATRED OF GAY PEOPLE BEME A KEY PLANK HUNGARY’S THORARIAN TURN

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

Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) rights and the groups who work to protect them are unr h prsure Hungary. The book was the target of homophobic phback, cludg om policians who lled “homosexual propaganda” and om nservativ who sought to have banned om bookstor.

HOW HATRED OF GAY PEOPLE BEME A KEY PLANK HUNGARY’S THORARIAN TURN

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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.

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