Hungary amends constitution to ban LGBTQ+ events

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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government.

The amendment, which required a two-thirds vote, passed along party lines with 140 votes for and 21 against. It was proposed by the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Ahead of the vote — the final step for the amendment — opposition politicians and other protesters attempted to blockade the entrance to a parliament parking garage. Police physically removed demonstrators, who had used zip ties to bind themselves together.

The amendment declares that children’s rights to moral, physical and spiritual development supersede any right other than the right to life, including that to peacefully assemble. Hungary’s contentious “child protection” legislation prohibits the “depiction or promotion” of homosexuality to minors aged under 18.

The amendment codifies a law fast-tracked through parliament in March that bans public events held by LGBTQ+ communities, including the popular Pride event in Budapest that draws thousands annually.

That law also allows authorities to use facial recognition tools to identify people who attend prohibited events — such as Budapest Pride — and can come with fines of up to 200,000 Hungarian forints ($546).

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/hungary-pride-ban-amendment-orban-gay-rights-lgbtq-155ec12cbbde7cc6be0f96adb323de77

 

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5 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Me recording the world spiraling into fascism on GGD: 

 

[River 127,421]

such a lovely day, I'm off to sleep and hopefully tomorrow will be less shitty

 

[PartySick 172,531]

7 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

Me recording the world spiraling into fascism on GGD: 

 

"The gays are too happy after Coachella, lemme do something 'bout that" - @Morphine Prince, 2K25

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1 hour ago, PartySick said:

They really said 'eat p*ssy be skinny' 

[Purrrrrr 18,099]

we need an LGBT tag that's black and white or something because the rainbow tag makes me think it's a positive queer thing and it never is 

[doraemon 1,145]

**** Orban! He's Putler's slut!

[Pandacadabra 9,180]

1 hour ago, Zombiecat said:

we need an LGBT tag that's black and white or something because the rainbow tag makes me think it's a positive queer thing and it never is 

Same, its so colurful I thought it was gonna be positive.

 

This whole banning nonsense is ridiculous, meanwhile in my country we are also getting bamboozled by politicians who said they were pro-LGBTQ+ during their campaign but are now when elected are voting NO to same-sex marriage. 

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1 hour ago, Zombiecat said:

we need an LGBT tag that's black and white or something because the rainbow tag makes me think it's a positive queer thing and it never is 

I second this wholeheartedly. Can we get some official weight on this?

@PartySick @River

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5 minutes ago, butthole said:

I second this wholeheartedly. Can we get some official weight on this?

@PartySick @River

We could just change the existing one to black since the world isn't gonna have positive gay news for a few years anyway

But seriously, personally I think this one is fine. Admin always said he didn't want tags or sections to be redundant so having two LGBT tags just in different colors wouldn't be useful? Other than to brace yourself for the nanosecond it takes for your eyes to move over to the title from the tag  

Regardless, we've put all those kinds of things in @FATCAT's hands, he's the one to convince if you really want it but I don't personally see the need for it