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Added on: 12/30/2021

Out in the World: Mixed record on LGBTQ rights across the world in 2021

12/29/2021

The year started out on a hopeful note. The world was looking forward to getting past a dark period in America’s leadership and the global COVID-19 pandemic….

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Added on: 12/24/2021

The Worrying Regression Of LGBT Rights In Eastern Europe

12/23/2021

From physical attacks to online abuse and legislative setbacks, the LBGT community in Central and Eastern Europe had little to cheer about in 2021. Populist governments in Poland,…

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Added on: 12/20/2021

Hungary anti-LGBTQ blitz meets backlash as election looms

12/19/2021

Budapest (AFP) – For independent bookshop manager Janos Szakacs, Hungary’s new law banning the “promotion and display” of homosexuality to minors just makes for pointless, extra work. “This…

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Added on: 12/14/2021

Analysis: Hungary’s Orban banking on anti-LGBT campaign in tough re-election bid

12/13/2021

Prime Minister Viktor Orban is casting himself as the defender of traditional Hungarian values against “LGBT ideology” for the 2022 election in which his party may be…

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Added on: 12/05/2021

Why Viktor Orbán is fighting a war against ‘LGBT ideology’

12/4/21

‘Do you support the unrestricted presentation of sexual media content that influences the development of underage children?’ In a national referendum likely to be held in the…

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Added on: 12/02/2021

Hungary approves national referendum on Russia-style ‘gay propaganda’ law

12/1/2021

Hungary will head to the polls to vote on LGBTQ+ rights in 2022 after its parliament approved a nationwide referendum on its controversial “gay propaganda” law. On Tuesday,…

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Added on: 12/01/2021

Hungary’s parliament approves referendum on LGBT issues

11/30/2021

Hungary’s parliament authorized the government Tuesday to call a national referendum on LGBT issues, the latest in a series of steps by the country’s nationalist leaders that…

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Added on: 11/25/2021

Hungarian media to publish LGBTI campaign despite risk of fines

11/23/2021

Three television channels and several magazines will publish an awareness campaign to educate on LGBTI families, despite the Hungarian media regulator having earlier initiated proceedings against networks…

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Added on: 11/24/2021

#TheSame: Hungarian media defy ban on publishing LGBT+ content for children

11/23/2021

Several media organisations in Hungary have defied a ban on publishing LGBT+ content geared towards children. Three television channels and several magazines have said they will feature…

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Added on: 10/23/2021

MTV Europe Music Awards will ‘stand in solidarity’ with LGBTQ people in Hungary

10/22/21

The MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) will once again broadcast from Hungary next month after a pandemic hiatus, despite the country’s recent crackdown on LGBTQ rights. According…

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Added on: 10/20/2021

The AP Interview: Hungary committed to contentious LGBT law

10/19/2021

The right-wing populist government in Hungary is attracting conservative thinkers from the United States who admire its approaches to migration, LGBT issues, and national sovereignty — all…

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Added on: 10/19/2021

MTV Vows To Use EMAs To Speak Out Against Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ Laws

10/19/2021

The MTV Europe Music Awards will be held Nov. 14 in Hungary, the network said Tuesday, reaffirming and defending the location despite the country’s recent passage of…

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Added on: 10/03/2021

Trump Republicans Have Found A New Authoritarian To Love In Hungary’s Orban

10/3/21

Having lost their leader in Washington, Donald Trump-supporting Republicans appear to have settled on a new authoritarianism-curious leader to admire: Hungary’s anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT, anti-free press Viktor Orbán….

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Added on: 10/02/2021

Hungarian LGBTQ Activist Among Time’s 100 Most Influential

10/1/21

An academic and LGBT activist in Hungary is among the word’s 100 most influential people, according to Time magazine, for her work on a children’s book that…

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Added on: 10/01/2021

Swiss vote highlights Europe’s east-west divide on gay marriage

09/30/2021

After Swiss voters overwhelmingly backed same-sex marriage in a referendum on Sunday, LGBT groups in the country hailed a “historic day” for Switzerland. But the Swiss vote also…

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Added on: 09/25/2021

The AP Interview: Hungary committed to contentious LGBT law

9/24/21

The right-wing populist government in Hungary is attracting conservative thinkers from the United States who admire its approaches to migration, LGBT issues and national sovereignty — all…

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Added on: 09/15/2021

‘Showing Its Teeth’: EU’s Path to a Showdown Over LGBTQ Rights

09/14/2021

The European Union has a dismal track record when it comes to disciplining countries within its ranks. But this month it opened several new fronts in its…

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Added on: 09/10/2021

Hungary Says It Won’t Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Law for EU Pandemic Aid

09/10/2021

Hungary won’t repeal a law that critics, including the European Union’s executive, say discriminates against the LGBTQ community, even if that’s the price of accessing billions of…

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Added on: 09/02/2021

OPINION: Social media is a weapon of mass LGBT+ destruction that must be disarmed

08/31/2021

Pride month ended this year with Europe divided. A rainbow curtain now cuts across the European Union, with Hungary’s anti-LGBT+ law just the latest sign of an…

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Added on: 08/19/2021

Will Romania step up anti-LGBTQ legislation like Hungary?

08/17/2021

Many Romanians probably do not know what the letters LGBTQ stand for, and this is hardly surprising given that sexual orientation and gender identity have not played…

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Added on: 08/08/2021

Along With COVID-19, EU Faces a More Fundamental Battle

8/8/21

Hungary’s growing list of European Union worries includes controversial LGBT legislation and potentially hacking the phones of journalists, rights activists and political opponents. Poland has rebuffed a…

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Added on: 08/06/2021

Why it matters that Tucker Carlson is broadcasting from Hungary this week

08/05/2021

This week, America’s most watched cable news host is broadcasting from an authoritarian state — not to criticize its leadership but to praise it. Fox’s Tucker Carlson…

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Added on: 07/30/2021

Hungarian election panel clears questions of LGBT referendum

07/29/2021

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s National Election Committee (NEC) approved on Friday the government’s list of questions on LGBT issues it wants to put on a referendum as…

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Added on: 07/26/2021

Tensions amid Budapest Pride parade

07/26/2021

Thousands of Hungarians marched in Budapest’s biggest Pride parade on Saturday, amid tension sparked by a series of anti-LGBTQ steps by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. After…

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Added on: 07/25/2021

Budapest Pride stands up for LGBT rights in Hungary

7/24/21

LGBT people and their supporters have marched through the capital city of Hungary to defend their rights. It comes as the government tries to limit discussion of…

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Added on: 07/24/2021

Hungary’s LGBTQ community: ‘We are afraid of losing everything’

7/23/21

Over the past months, Boldizsar Nagy has had to grapple with things he never expected. He was never anyone “special,” the journalist and children’s book editor said…

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Added on: 07/23/2021

Budapest Pride march is a protest against anti-gay laws, say organisers

07/23/2021

Saturday’s Pride march in Budapest will be “a celebration, but also a protest”, organisers have said, as Hungary’s LGBT community prepares to rally in defiance of an…

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Added on: 07/22/2021

Hungary to hold referendum on LGBT issues by early 2022

07/22/2021

BUDAPEST, July 22 (Reuters) – Hungary plans to hold a referendum on legislation that limits schools’ teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues late this year or early…

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Added on: 07/21/2021

Embassies from across the world demand ‘freedom from violence’ for queer Hungarians

07/21/2021

Ahead of Budapest Pride, 30 embassies from across the world have demanded “freedom from violence” for queer people in Hungary. The open letter, published Monday (19 July)…

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Added on: 07/20/2021

HUNGARIAN PM VIKTOR ORBÁN CALLS EU ACTION OVER ANTI-LGBTQ LAW ‘LEGALISED HOOLIGANISM’

07/20/2021

Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán has called European Union action against his country’s new anti-LGBTQ law “legalised hooliganism.” The prime minister’s conservative Fidesz party introduced the controversial legislation,…