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THOANDS FY ORBáN WH FTIVE PRI PARA BACKG GAY RIGHTS HUNGARY
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.
But this year, Pri is also a prott, as LGBTQ people and their alli rally agast the untry’s creasgly hostile policy towards their muni – punctuated by a new, homophobic law recently passed by Hungary’s hardle ernment. The new law, supported by Prime Mister Viktor Orbán, bans all tnal materials and programs for children that are nsired to promote homosexualy and genr reassignment. A 2020 report om the Bratislava-based global thk-tank Globsec found that the majory of Hungarians disagree wh the monizatn of the LGBTQ muny, wh 55% disagreeg wh the statement that LGBTQ rights reprent a nt iology, spe the anti-gay rhetoric whipped up by the current ernment.
Yet some believe that years of state-sponsored homophobia is fally takg s toll. In November, Hubert Hlatky-Schlichter and his father, who is gay, lnched a mpaign to raise awarens about rabow fai – fed as a fay wh one parent who intifi as lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, tersex or queer. A kormányhivatal vizsgálata megállapította, hogy „az értett könyvek homoszexualást jelenítenek meg, ennek ellenére a gyermeknek szóló, ifjúsági irodalom körébe sorolt könyvek között helyezték ki azokat, és falmazás sem zárt csomagolásban történt”.