By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS - LGBT Politics Europe BRUSSELS — (June 11, 2025) — In a scathing legal rebuke, a top adviser to the European Union’s highest court declared that Hungary’s 2021 anti-LGBTQ+ law directly violates EU law and undermines fundamental democratic principles. The opinion, issued Thursday by Advocate General Tamara [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]