US ambassador to Hungary criciz untry’s anti-LGBTQ crackdown - Washgton Bla: LGBTQ News, Polics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News

Contents:

• OPENLY GAY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY FAC PERSONAL ATTACKS
• GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH
• U.S. DIPLOMAT STICKS IT TO ANTI-GAY PRIME MISTER—WH A HUGE PRI PARTY
• MEET POLAND’S OUT GAY LAWMAKER FIGHTG FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS
• GAY INTY AND POLICS AMID HOSTILE HUNGARY
• GAY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY IS LEADG BY “POWER OF EXAMPLE”

OPENLY GAY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY FAC PERSONAL ATTACKS

The openly gay ambassador whom Print Bin sent to stnchly nservative Hungary is facg a firtorm of cricism Budapt, where pro-ernment media acce him of vlatg diplomatic protols, meddlg the judiciary and unrmg the untry’s tradnal valu. Bssels is a legal standoff wh Budapt over a Hungarian law that bans media ntent portrayg or promotg homosexualy. The openly gay lear has bee a well-known figure the LGBTQ movement Poland, even as the lg party has gaed ternatnal headl for s anti-LGBTQ stanc.

He said he did not know of a sgle gay person his village. But never any gays.

“We are the most homophobic untry on the map of Europe the EU, ” said Biedroń. Forty-seven percent said “homosexualy should not be accepted by society, ” when the Pew Rearch Center nducted a poll, between 2015 and 2016.

GAY US AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY MARCH BUDAPT PRI MARCH

Dpe all this, Biedroń, cid to enter activism, -foundg the Campaign Agast Homophobia 2001. Bis I knew I’m the ‘only gay the village.

In 2011, he beme the first openly gay member the Sejm, the lower Hoe of the Polish Parliament. In 2014, he beme the first openly gay mayor the untry, takg the top learship role the northwt cy of Słupsk.

This electn sent Biedroń to the European Parliament, as the first openly gay member om Poland.

U.S. DIPLOMAT STICKS IT TO ANTI-GAY PRIME MISTER—WH A HUGE PRI PARTY

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTDavid Prsman, a gay human rights lawyer, has been acced by pro-ernment media Hungary of unrmg tradnal valu, vlatg diplomatic nventns and meddlg the Stiller for The New York TimPublished Feb.

3, 2023BUDAPEST — David Prsman, a gay human rights lawyer, knew he was for a rough time even before he arrived Hungary wh his hband and two children to take up a new job September as the Uned Stat’ ambassador to Europe’s self-clared cal of tradnal Christian valu and iend of the his nfirmatn hearg began July Washgton, a bber dghy rryg a warng appeared on the Danube River near the U. More about Andrew HiggsA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 1 of the New York edn wh the headle: Gay Envoy Gets a Hostile Wele Budapt. The openly gay US ambassador to Hungary is set to host a Budapt Pri piic for LGBTQ+ fai on Sunday 16 July.

The US ambassador to Hungary proved he has no time for homophobia by vowg to throw a Pri party to prott prime mister Viktor Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ views.

MEET POLAND’S OUT GAY LAWMAKER FIGHTG FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS

Openly gay ambassador David Prsman is set to round off Budapt Pri Month by hostg a piic for Hungarian LGBTQ+ fai at his official rince on Sunday (16 July). Dubbed the ‘Child Protectn Act’, the law prohibs the distributn of ntent for unr-18s that promot “divergence om self-inty rrpondg to sex at birth, sex change or homosexualy” a siar fashn to the wily-reviled ‘LGBTQ+ propaganda’ law passed by Rsia 2022.

GAY INTY AND POLICS AMID HOSTILE HUNGARY

Sce his arrival Budapt last year, the gay human rights lawyer has been relentlsly cricized by the untry’s state-ntrolled media for what they perceive as his provotive propagandizg of progrsive Wtern valu to a people who do not share weekend plans seem likely to spark another round of vective. The retail cha said was dog so pliance wh a 2021 so-lled “child protectn” law which banned the “display and promotn of homosexualy” to children unr the age of 18. Prsman is openly gay, and this has created challeng for foreign policy towards Hungary.

The ambassador’s gay inty creat a new gateway for Hungary to manipulate the diplomatic agenda by g societal attus and ernment propaganda. ” The nversatns are civil but loopg gay inty to polics has given a new avenue for polil impasse. The foc on fightg genr and gay iology legimiz Orban’s nservative ernment to appease his natnalistic base but stonewalls attempts to foc on ternatnal issu.

Although urts have stck down several piec of legislatn that he’s champned, others have survived legal challeng, such as the so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” expect the Florida Supreme Court, of which DeSantis appoted five of the seven members, to reverse precent and approve a six-week abortn law. In another blow to lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights Hungary, on July 13, the Hungarian ernment proposed a bill that exclus transgenr women om a women-only pensn scheme.

GAY U.S. AMBASSADOR TO HUNGARY IS LEADG BY “POWER OF EXAMPLE”

The puty Fisz factn lear publicly cricized the judge while pro-ernment media regurgated trans- and homophobic msagg. Instead of discrimatg and fuelg tolerance, parliament should redouble efforts to protect the basic human rights of everyone Hungary, cludg people who are lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. AdvertisementDavid Prsman, the openly gay US ambassador to Hungary, is makg a powerful statement agast homophobia by anisg a grand Pri party at his official rince.