On the ocsn of the 28th Budapt Pri Ftival, we the unrsigned embassi and cultural stut exprs our full support for members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and tersex (LGBTQI+) muny Hungary and their rights to equaly and non-discrimatn, eedom of exprsn and peaceful assembly, and eedom om vlence.
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GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
* gay pride budapest 2022 *
REUTERS/Marton MonBUDAPEST, July 23 (Rters) - In swelterg temperatur, thoands of Hungarians took part the annual Budapt Pri march on Saturday, vowg to keep up their fight agast ernment polici on LGBTQ rights that have drawn EU European Commissn sued Hungary earlier this month over a law passed last year to lim teachg about homosexualy and transgenr issu schools, the latt anti-LGBTQ measure to be passed by the ernment of Prime Mister Viktor law has been billed by his admistratn as a way to protect children, but human rights groups said discrimated agast LGBTQ people and was labelled a "disgrace" by European Commissn Print Ursula von r Leyen. "We exprs our full support for members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and tersex (LGBTQI+) muny and their rights to equaly and non-discrimatn, eedom of exprsn and peaceful assembly, " the U. Photograph: Attila Kisbenek/AFP Thoands of Hungarians braved srchg heat for the annual Pri march Budapt on Saturday, prottg agast ernment ntrols over public displays by the LGBT mister Viktor Orban’s ernment promot a Christian-nservative agenda and 2021 banned “display and promotn of homosexualy” books and films accsible by unr-18s 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. Neher anisers nor the ernment gave a number for the marchers, though wns timated about 10, 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.