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Added on: 11/13/2020

EU launches LGBT protection strategy as homophobia rises in east

11/12/2020

The European Union’s executive Commission launched its first strategy to protect the rights of LGBT people on Thursday, a challenge to right-wing governments in Poland and Hungary…

Global News

Added on: 11/12/2020

Hungarian government mounts new assault on LGBT rights

11/11/2020

Moments before Hungary entered a second coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday, the far-right government signalled its intention to pass a range of new legislation, including to make it…

Global News

Added on: 11/07/2020

Transgender couple wed in Hungary, land of growing homophobia

11/6/2020

The wedding of Hungarian transgender couple Tamara Csillag and Elvira Angyal looked just like any other, with the nervous pair dressing up and heading off to the…

Global News

Added on: 11/03/2020

Hungary’s former HoD thinks costs and attitudes toward LGBT people led to withdrawal

11/02/2020

He’s the former Head of Delegation who took the singer-songwriter Joci Pápai and metalcore band AWS to Eurovision. Now, after leaving the Hungarian broadcaster following ESC 2019,…

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Added on: 10/20/2020

Row in Hungary around children’s book fuels fears of rising homophobia

10/19/2020

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Boldizsar Nagy hoped that the tales in the children’s book “Wonderland Is For Everyone” would help youngsters to learn to accept minorities and fight…

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Added on: 10/08/2020

Why a Children’s Book Is Becoming a Symbol of Resistance in Hungary’s Fight Over LGBT Rights

10/07/2020

When Hungary’s Dorottya Redai and Boldizsar Nagy released their new children’s book on Sept. 21, they did not expect their initial run of 1,500 copies to sell…

Global News

Added on: 10/05/2020

Hungary PM urges gays to ‘leave our children alone’

10/04/2020

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Sunday that homosexuals should “leave our children alone” when asked about a children’s book containing gay characters that was publicly shredded…

Global News

Added on: 09/11/2020

ANTISEMITISM CREEPS BACK AS HUNGARY AND POLAND FAIL TO DRAW RED LINES

09/10/2020

Few interviews have received such media attention in Hungary recently as that given by Germany’s Europe Minister Michael Roth. In the interview with t-online, published on August…

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Added on: 08/25/2020

‘Mi Hazánk’ Wants Referendum to Ban Display of ‘Satanic’ LGBTQ Flags in Public Institutions & ‘Homosexual Propaganda’ in Schools

08/24/2020

Although the parade had been canceled, tensions around this year’s Pride Week haven’t dissipated. At the latest event, far-right Mi Hazánk party announced they would initiate a…

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Added on: 08/20/2020

Hungary’s Orban calls for central Europe to unite around Christian roots

08/19/2020

Central European nations should unite to preserve their Christian roots as western Europe experiments with same-sex families, immigration and atheism, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on…

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Added on: 08/18/2020

Czech Republic in danger of following in the homophobic, transphobic footsteps of Poland and Hungary, campaigner warns

08/17/2020

After years of progress towards equality across Europe, LGBT+ campaigners across the continent have faced a bruising few years – with politicians in Poland openly stoking anti-LGBT+…

Global News

Added on: 06/02/2020

Hungary’s new anti-transgender law is threatening to set hard-won LGBT rights back decades

06/01/2020

The Hungarian parliament has voted to strip transgender people of their current rights to legally change their gender. The new law defines gender on the basis of…

Global News

Added on: 05/20/2020

‘Panic’ as Hungarian parliament bans trans people from changing gender on IDs

05/19/2020

Hungary’s parliament voted Tuesday to ban transgender people from changing their gender on identity documents, in a move that LGBT+ advocates said was creating panic among trans…

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Added on: 04/28/2020

EU urged to act as Hungary’s far-right government moves to end legal recognition of trans people

04/27/2020

The European Union has been urged to take action against the Hungarian government as it moves to push through “discriminatory” legalisation that would end the legal recognition…

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Added on: 04/03/2020

EU lawmakers condemn Hungary for ‘attack’ on trans people over sex on IDs

04/02/2020

European Union (EU) lawmakers on Thursday criticized Hungary for trying to ban transgender people from changing their sex on some official documents as a “deliberate” attack on…

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Added on: 04/02/2020

Viktor Orban moves against Hungarian trans rights holding power

04/01/2020

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has moved to seize long-standing rights as one of the first things he will do after receiving new autocratic power. On Monday,…

Global News

Added on: 02/01/2020

LGBT community in Hungary faces ‘increasingly concentrated attacks’ by government

01/31/2020

The LGBT+ community in Hungary is facing “increasingly concentrated attacks” by the far-right government, activists have said, and hard-won LGBT+ rights in the country could be at…

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Added on: 11/28/2019

Hungary pulls out of Eurovision amid rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric

11/27/2019

Hungary will not participate in next year’s Eurovision song contest, amid speculation the decision was taken because the competition is “too gay” for the taste of the…

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Added on: 11/05/2019

Poll reveals majority of eastern Europeans ‘fearful for democracy’

11/03/2019

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, today’s eastern Europeans are fearful for the future of democracy, sceptical of government and the main political parties,…

Global News

Added on: 10/25/2019

Anti-LGBT rhetoric stokes tensions in eastern Europe

10/25/2019

In a recent survey, Poles were asked to identify what they felt to be the biggest threats facing them in the 21st century, choosing from options such…

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Added on: 10/15/2019

Election results give hope to opposition in Poland and Hungary

10/14/2019

A narrower-than-expected win for Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) and a serious setback for Hungary’s governing Fidesz show eastern Europe’s illiberal nationalist parties are not…

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Added on: 08/07/2019

Coca-Cola faces backlash in Hungary for ad featuring same-sex couples

08/06/2019

Coca-Cola is facing intense criticism in Hungary over an ad campaign featuring same-sex couples, the latest instance of a vocal anti-gay backlash across parts of post-communist central…

Global News

Added on: 06/16/2019

Legalising homosexuality: Germany did it 25 years ago – what about other European countries?

06/14/2019

This week Germany celebrated legalising homosexuality twenty-five years ago. Until June 11, 1994, it was still considered a crime in Germany even though since 1969 homosexuals were…

Global News

Added on: 12/08/2018

Hungary and Poland say no to LGBTIQ

12/08/2018

“A Europe that protects” is Austria’s motto for its presidency of the Council of the EU. But it couldn’t agree to protect everyone. Hungary and Poland on…

World Voices

Added on: 07/18/2018

Háttér Society Seizes Opportunity as Hungary Closes

Robert Blackmon

Alturi Project Director

“The government’s threats against civil society are also possibilities to make our work more well known. That is what we are doing.” –Bea Sándor Háttér Society Executive…

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Added on: 07/07/2018

International Support for Budapest Pride March

07/06/2018

More than 100 CEOs will march together at Budapest Pride Saturday. Meanwhile, the embassies of 34 countries around the world expressed their support for the rights of…

Alturi Partner

Added on: 01/31/2018

Astraea Foundation

The Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice is a multi-gendered, multi-racial, multi-identity organization that prioritizes and supports the leadership of women, transgender people, youth, and people of color….