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Added on: 10/07/2024

Russian-style laws on rise in former Eastern Bloc countries eager to follow Georgia’s lead

Euractiv
10/06/2024
With Georgia passing yet another controversial law, this time against LGBTQ rights, a growing number of post-socialist EU states, such as Slovakia, Bulgaria and Hungary, appear eager…
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Added on: 09/01/2024

Behind the limbo of Viktor Orbán’s queer censorship

VoxEurop
08/31/2024
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz government are seen as outliers in the European Union because of their gender-phobic and homophobic ideology. The European Commission…
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Added on: 08/04/2024

Thousands join Budapest Pride in protest at state’s anti-LGBT moves

Reuters
08/03/2024
Thousands of Hungarians braved scorching heat for the annual Pride march in Budapest on Saturday, protesting against government controls over public displays by the LGBT community. Prime…
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Added on: 07/27/2024

How the ultra-right used homophobic disinfo in Czech and Hungarian elections

EU Observer
07/26/2024
When Zuzana Huszár, 29, returned home one evening in June 2024, after a long day of work at a queer safe space in Prague, Czech Republic, she…
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Added on: 07/15/2024

LGBT Pride and Euro 2024 Become Focus for Online Hate Speech

Balkan Insight
07/14/2024
The 22nd Istanbul Pride march set out from Bagdat Street in the city’s Kadikoy district instead of the previously announced start point, as Pride week organisers sought…
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Added on: 06/24/2024

US ambassador accuses Hungary’s PM of using anti-LGBTQ ‘machinery of fear’

The Guardian
06/23/2024
The US ambassador in Budapest has accused the government of Hungary’s far-right prime minister, Viktor Orbán, of using a “machinery of fear” to launch legal and rhetorical…
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Added on: 06/23/2024

Hungary’s Anti-LGBT Crusade Apparently Includes Trolling the U.S. Ambassador

Daily Beast
06/22/2024
The U.S. Ambassador to Hungary hasn’t exactly been embraced by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government. But now, it seems, things are getting petty. David Pressman, a gay…
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Added on: 06/09/2024

LGBTQ+ activists warn against normalizing Europe’s far right

Deutsche Welle
06/08/2024
Monika Magashazi is a fighter. The 52-year old trans woman lives in Hungary — a country that has been ruled by Viktor Orban’s nationalist Fidesz party since…
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Added on: 05/20/2024

Italy’s family minister explains decision not to sign EU LGBT declaration

Euractiv
05/20/2024
Italy was among nine EU countries that did not sign a declaration promoting European policies in favor of LGBT+ communities, sparking widespread protests within the country while…
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Added on: 04/08/2024

Member of Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ government resigns after fleeing alleged gay sex party

AOL
04/07/2024
A top-ranking official in Hungary’s ultraconservative government has stepped down after being caught fleeing an alleged gay sex party. József Szájer announced his resignation as a member of…
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Added on: 04/07/2024

Christian Right on the gain in Europe: Reason for hope or alarm?

CNE
04/06/2024
Christian organisations are successful in spreading the anti-woke, anti-gender and Christian-nationalist agenda. That was the alarm that sounded in Brussels on Thursday. At a conference at the…
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Added on: 01/24/2024

Hungary PM says ‘no money in the world’ would make him accept LGBTQ+ ‘propaganda’

Pink News
01/23/2024
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has claimed that ‘no money in the world’ would make him accept LGBTQ+ “propaganda” after the EU froze funding to the country…
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Added on: 11/05/2023

Hungarian National Museum director defies LGBT ban on minors visiting World Press Photo exhibition

Intellinews
11/03/2023
The Hungarian National Museum is defying the government’s ban on minors visiting the World Press Photo exhibition, claiming they don’t have the authority to ask for visitors’…
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Added on: 10/29/2023

Hungary bans teenagers from World Press Photo exhibit, citing LGBT content

Yahoo News
10/28/2023
Hungary’s government has banned youngsters under 18 from visiting the World Press Photo exhibition on display in Budapest, citing LGBT content in some of the photos. Prime…
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Added on: 10/08/2023

Queer defiance at a festival in Hungary

Dazed
10/06/2023
One of the largest festivals in Europe, Sziget takes place on a beach-lined island in the middle of the Danube River, a short journey from the city…
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Added on: 09/21/2023

Hungarian president Katalin Novak uses UN General Assembly to go on ‘anti-family’ tirade

Pink News
09/20/2023
The country’s first female, and youngest-ever, president was in the LGBTQ+ community’s good books earlier this year when she vetoed an inhumane bill that would have allowed citizens to…
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Added on: 09/09/2023

Elle Hungary’s Latest Issue Features Gay Love Story

Instinct
09/08/2023
ELLE Magazine in Hungary takes the fight for LGBT rights to the forefront and fearlessly showcases equality in a move that could see the popular source face…
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Added on: 09/02/2023

Budapest Pride challenges Hungarian ‘LGBT propaganda’ law in court

Euronews
09/01/2023
A cheerful animated video featuring two vibrantly coloured people skating and rollerblading to a festival was banned from being aired during daytime hours in Hungary earlier this…
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Added on: 07/22/2023

Embassy Statement in Support of LGBTQ in Hungary Criticized in Romania

Hungary Today
07/21/2023
Young Europeans, born after the era of communist oppression, know the phenomenon of unanimity in a political context by hearsay at best and may think nothing of…
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Added on: 07/21/2023

Discriminatory Bill Harms Trans Women in Hungary

Human Rights Watch
07/20/2023
In another blow to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Hungary, on July 13, the Hungarian government proposed a bill that excludes transgender women from a…
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Added on: 07/16/2023

Thousands join Budapest Pride in protest at state’s anti-LGBT moves

Reuters
07/15/2023
Thousands of Hungarians braved scorching heat for the annual Pride march in Budapest on Saturday, protesting against government controls over public displays by the LGBT community. Prime…
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Added on: 07/15/2023

Hungarian bookstore to fight fine for sale of LGBT-themed ‘Heartstopper’ graphic novel

CNN
07/14/2023
Hungary’s second-largest bookstore, Lira, said on Friday it plans to take legal action after it received a hefty government fine for the sale of an LGBT-themed British…
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Added on: 07/10/2023

US religious right at center of anti-LGBTQ+ message pushed around the world

The Guardian
07/09/2023
When the US evangelical preacher and anti-LGBTQ+ crusader Scott Lively landed in Uganda in 2009 to warn of the “gay agenda”, he was arriving after a series…
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Added on: 06/25/2023

Surge in anti-LGBTQ disinformation targets Pride in Europe

Jakarta Post
06/24/2023
As Pride events got underway in Europe in June, disinformation and hate speech targeting the LGBTQ community spread across social media, triggering extreme online responses, including incitements…
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Added on: 05/24/2023

Hungary Strips ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Section From Whistleblower Law

Barrons
05/23/2023
Hungary on Tuesday modified a new whistleblower law, following outcry by human rights groups, by removing a section that had allowed citizens to report anonymously against perceived…
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Added on: 05/11/2023

Trans rights gain ground despite rising European rhetoric

Openly News
05/10/2023
LONDON, May 11 (Openly) – Europeans are moving ever closer to embracing equal rights for all despite a rise in anti-transgender rhetoric by many of their politicians,…
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Added on: 05/05/2023

Orbán again preaches against migrant and gay rights as CPAC returns to Hungary

MarketWatch
05/05/2023
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s populist prime minister likened liberalism to a “virus” in an opening speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hungarian capital…
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Added on: 04/25/2023

Hungarian president vetoes controversial anti-LGBT law

intellinews
04/24/2023
In a surprising move, Hungarian President Katalin Novak rejected the new law that restricts the rights of homosexual and transsexual people on April 21. It marks the…
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Added on: 04/21/2023

Hungary’s Christian LGBT community hopes Pope visit will heal social wounds

Reuters
04/20/2023
Hungary’s Christian LGBT community hopes a visit by Pope Francis to Budapest next week can help heal wounds in a deeply divided society amid an intensifying anti-LGBT…
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Added on: 04/16/2023

EU warns against unilateral steps after Poland, Hungary ban Ukrainian grain

Reuters
04/16/2023
Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, a European Commission spokesperson said on Sunday, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on grain and…
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