Pride to be banned in Hungary

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One of Trump’s favourite pets, the Hungarian dictator Viktor Orbán is now planning to ban the pride festival this year in Budapest. This comes right after his transphobic remarks also caused great despear in the Hungarian LGBTQ+ community. Pray for us at this point… 

 

CNN — The Hungarian government is clamping down on the country’s annual Budapest Pride parade, which has been running for almost 30 years, saying that it should not “dominate public spaces” – citing what it claims are “child protection” issues.

Gergely Gulyas, the chief of staff for Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, made the remarks at a government information session Thursday, according to a statement released by the Prime Minister’s International Communications Office.

While Gulyas did not spell out what the clampdown would involve, he also announced changes to the country’s constitution, which will include amending the definition of gender to be “biologically male or female,” and enshrining in law “that a child’s right to physical, mental, and moral development takes precedence over all other considerations.”

On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Gulyas said the Pride should be held in a “closed venue” this year rather than processing along an avenue in central Budapest as in previous years.

Neela Ghoshal, senior director of Law, Policy and Research at LGBTQ+ organization Outright International, told CNN on Thursday that “the idea of forcing Pride into a closet makes a mockery of the very concept of Pride.”

“This is autocracy laid bare,” Ghoshal said. “Claims regarding child protection are pure lies, aimed at manipulating the public into accepting the relinquishing of human rights for all.”

“Queer, trans, and intersex children exist – and experience extreme violence and discrimination,” she continued. “If Orban is acting on behalf of Hungary’s children, he can’t pick and choose. The best way to ensure children’s healthy development is to acknowledge science, listen to children, and strive to truly leave no one behind”

Orban’s government has long cited child safety as a reason for undermining LGBTQ+ rights in the country. In 2020, Budapest effectively barred same-sex adoption, with Orban’s office saying at the time that the move strengthened “the protection of Hungarian families and the safety of our children.”

A year later, the country banned the distribution of content related to gender change or homosexuality to under 18s. The European Commission said at the time that the law violated “a number of EU rules,” as well as “human dignity, freedom of expression and information.”

In 2022, the commission referred Hungary to the EU’s Court of Justice for the ban, which it said “discriminates against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity.”

At Orban’s State of the Nation address on Saturday, he said that Hungary “must not yield - we must not give up on protecting our children.”

“I advise the Pride organizers that they should not bother preparing for this year’s parade. It would be a waste of time and money,” he said.

The same day, Budapest Pride said in a statementthat it is already organizing its 30th pride march, which will be held in June. The march’s organizers said that “attacks” on the LGBTQ+ community by those in power are “nothing more than political theater – the ruling party is using the LGBTQ community for its own gain.”

The press office for the Mayor of Hungary, Gergely Karácsony, told CNN that, for him, “standing up for Pride is as natural and self-evident as the love between two people. To stand up for Pride is not only a conviction, but also a duty as the mayor of a diverse and free city.”

Karácsony will attend a pre-planned meeting with the organizers of Budapest Pride on Friday, the press office said. Though it was originally meant to discuss operations, the meeting has now “taken on a new meaning in the current situation, following the Hungarian Government’s campaign against Pride,” it added.

The slogan of this year’s march will be “We are home,” the organizers said, adding that there have been “countless” attempts to ban the march over the years, which have all failed.

“In the end, Pride is a demonstration, whether with twenty people or tens of thousands, but it will happen,” the statement said. “We’re not just fighting for the Budapest Pride March or the LGBTQ community – we’re fighting for the right of all Hungarians to protest, speak their minds, and stand up for themselves.”

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Trump coming to head of USA will go down in history book as a dark age of humanity. 
Criminals are flourishing. 

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The EU will do nothing about this but make a critical public statement

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7 minutes ago, bionic said:

The EU will do nothing about this but make a critical public statement

The EU as an organisation is way too complicated for it to have any teeth in controlling its member states as is. Amazing it manages to get anything done. 

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13 minutes ago, bionic said:

The EU will do nothing about this but make a critical public statement

Unfortunately they can't expel Hungary. Otherwise they would've done that years ago

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19 minutes ago, SHALLOW said:

Unfortunately they can't expel Hungary. Otherwise they would've done that years ago

Please dont wish us to be kicked out of EU, just because of the Orban regime. Hungarian people are actually nice, the problem is that Orban now controls almost all media outlets in the country. With this they can spread their propaganda, misinformation and hate 0-24. The older generation is literally got brainwashed and there’s nothing we can do about it. I dont know what is the solution to this but expeling a whole country just because its leaders are literally crazy is just not it.

 

1 hour ago, TSUNAMI said:

Trump coming to head of USA will go down in history book as a dark age of humanity. 
Criminals are flourishing. 

so true, ever since his victory fascist leaders all over Europe got REALLY brave and now they openly spew hate, completely unleashed. Especially towards the LGBTQ community and non-white people.

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2 hours ago, SHALLOW said:

Unfortunately they can't expel Hungary. Otherwise they would've done that years ago

Wow thank you for your generous empathy towards Hungarian people who are struggling under a regime. Keep your opinion to yourself smartpants.

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The only good thing that’s came out of trump being president is it’s made us more aware of how fake and rotten our politicians are. They’ll never erase us and if they try to we’ll always fight back

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A lot of the locals despise him but what can you do? He will most likely win the next election as well.

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4 hours ago, PatrickMonster said:

Please dont wish us to be kicked out of EU, just because of the Orban regime. Hungarian people are actually nice, the problem is that Orban now controls almost all media outlets in the country. With this they can spread their propaganda, misinformation and hate 0-24. The older generation is literally got brainwashed and there’s nothing we can do about it. I dont know what is the solution to this but expeling a whole country just because its leaders are literally crazy is just not it.

 

so true, ever since his victory fascist leaders all over Europe got REALLY brave and now they openly spew hate, completely unleashed. Especially towards the LGBTQ community and non-white people.

What you wrote is exactly true for the US now as well. Trump sycophants believe what ever lies he's peddling thanks to Fox News, and the White House now dictating which media outlets (all right wing, of course) can have access to the press briefings. We have so many brainwashed folks here as well. It's incredibly disheartening. 

I hope both of our countries can overcome this 

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Turkey is also passing some very anti-trans laws greatly limiting transitioning, and banning same sex partnership ceremonies with prison. If asked, the government will likely show the US as an example, saying the West is doing it too. Dark times…