Groups opposed to gay rights rake lns as stat bate anti-LGBTQ bills

BUDAPT PRI MARCH IS A PROTT AGAST ANTI-GAY LAWS, SAY ANISERS

Marchers hold prott Wednday outsi a Brooklyn boga where two men were attacked over the weekend an alleged anti-gay crime. * anti gay march *

Saturday’s Pri march Budapt will be “a celebratn, but also a prott”, anisers have said, as Hungary’s LGBT muny prepar to rally fiance of an latg anti-gay mpaign by the untry’s ernment. ”Last tumn, when a far-right MP publicly shredd a book of morn fairytal that vered LGBT them, and Orbán’s bet chief lled the book “homosexual propaganda” that should be banned, Sipos brought the book to class for her pupils to the law was passed, however, a number of parents have retrospectively plaed about the “appropriate ntent” her lsons, puttg her at potential risk of losg her job even though, for now, she retas the support of the school’s headteacher.

PROTTERS MARCH BROOKLYN AFTER TWO MEN ATTACKED ALLEGED ANTI-GAY ASSLT

Gay Pri Month 2022 will feature march, paras and a rporate backlash that hurts gay rights and acceptance across the polil spectm. * anti gay march *

Then I started to read books wh gay characters and I felt like I uld see myself there fally, ” he me out to his fay and iends three years ago, after watchg imag of Budapt Pri on televisn and feelg empowered, but Saturday will be the first time he will attend the march said the current climate Hungary ma him want to leave as soon as possible to study abroad, however. However, she said the new legislatn, along wh a ban last year on legally changg genr and the feelg that homophob are now more empowered, were all bg to make LGBT people wonr if they have a future the untry.

”As the number of anti-LGBTQ bills hs rerd highs, rearch shows that so, too, has support for LGBTQ rights and polici prohibg discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. Baptist misters Idaho and Texas have gone viral recent weeks for llg on the ernment to execute gay people.

Experts who follow the natnal nversatn over LGBTQ rights say the growg acceptance of gay and lbian people has forced opponents to target a new mory group — the transgenr muny.

INSI THE FIRST PRI PARA—A R PROTT FOR GAY LIBERATN

Up to 2,000 anti-LGBT protters broke up a Gay Pri ftival the Geian pal Tbilisi on Saturday, scufflg wh police and stroyg props cludg rabow flags and plards, though there were no reports of juri. * anti gay march *

“Even before the Supreme Court led 2015 that gay and lbian upl had the right to marry, those on the losg si of those s accepted their feat, and redirected much of the astcture veloped over two s to fight same-sex unns towards issu related to genr inty. “As recently as 2004, the Republin Party was g gay marriage as a wedge issue, ” said Melissa Michelson, a polil scientist at Menlo College and the thor of several books about the LGBTQ muny and public opn. “They n’t do that anymore bee people generally support gay marriage.