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19 01, 2021

Hungary’s Homophobic Government Orders Disclaimers on Books With Gay Content

2025-08-04T11:27:16-07:00January 19th, 2021|Categories: LGBT Politics Europe, LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , , , |

BUDAPEST, HU — (01-19-21) — Prime minister Viktor Orban and his anti-LGBTQ Hungarian government continues their right-wing agenda assault by ordering a publisher on Tuesday, to print disclaimers identifying books containing "behavior inconsistent with traditional gender roles", noted the order. The right-wing anti-LGBTQ government said their reasoning for this action was needed to protect consumers [...]

13 11, 2020

Brussels Announce First-Ever Strategy for LGBTIQ Equality, Hungary and Poland Outraged

2025-08-16T21:11:43-07:00November 13th, 2020|Categories: World LGBT News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

BRUSSELS — (11-13-20) — As part of Brussels' strategy to achieve LGBTIQ equality, the Commission plans to extend the list of "EU crimes" to now include hate crime and hate speech, acts targeting LGBTIQ people. The commission announced on Thursday that they plan to bring forward legislative initiatives to protect the rights of LGBTIQ families so [...]

1 06, 2020

Hungary’s new anti-transgender law threatens set back LGBT rights for decades

2026-02-28T17:33:15-08:00June 1st, 2020|Categories: LGBTQ Politics, Transgender News|Tags: , , , , , |

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY — (06-01-20) — Hungary approved legislation banning the legal recognition of transgender and intersex citizens on May 20, 2020. Activists condemned the passage and say the new law threatens to set back hard-won LGBT rights back decades. While the planet has been enduring the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, conservatives wasted no time in passing [...]

24 06, 2018

Billy Elliot Musical Canceled Over Turning Boys Gay

2025-06-29T11:28:44-07:00June 24th, 2018|Categories: LGBTQ Politics|Tags: , , , |

Billy Elliot Musical that was scheduled for 15 performances has been canceled by Hungarian National Opera officials following a homophobic right-wing extremist media campaign pushing the debunked narrative that the award-winning Broadway musical some how turns young boys gay. LGBT politics are front and center over this incident as the 'Billy Elliot Musical' has been [...]

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