Hungary

LGBTI Rights in Hungary


ADDED ON: 05/24/2023

Hungary Strips ‘Anti-LGBTQ’ Section From Whistleblower Law

Hungary on Tuesday modified a new whistleblower law, following outcry by human rights groups, by removing a section that had allowed citizens to report anonymously against perceived attacks on conservative values. Budapest-based…

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ADDED ON: 05/11/2023

Trans rights gain ground despite rising European rhetoric

LONDON, May 11 (Openly) - Europeans are moving ever closer to embracing equal rights for all despite a rise in anti-transgender rhetoric by many of their politicians, two studies found on Thursday. According…

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ADDED ON: 05/05/2023

Orbán again preaches against migrant and gay rights as CPAC returns to Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s populist prime minister likened liberalism to a “virus” in an opening speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in the Hungarian capital on Thursday, painting a picture…

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ADDED ON: 04/25/2023

Hungarian president vetoes controversial anti-LGBT law

In a surprising move, Hungarian President Katalin Novak rejected the new law that restricts the rights of homosexual and transsexual people on April 21. It marks the first time that Novak, a…

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ADDED ON: 04/21/2023

Hungary’s Christian LGBT community hopes Pope visit will heal social wounds

Hungary's Christian LGBT community hopes a visit by Pope Francis to Budapest next week can help heal wounds in a deeply divided society amid an intensifying anti-LGBT campaign by the country's deeply…

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ADDED ON: 04/16/2023

EU warns against unilateral steps after Poland, Hungary ban Ukrainian grain

Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, a European Commission spokesperson said on Sunday, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on grain and other food imports from Ukraine…

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ADDED ON: 04/15/2023

Hungary passes law allowing citizens to report same-sex parents to law enforcement

Hungary has just passed a law empowering citizens to report same-sex families with kids to local authorities for violating the “constitutionally recognized role of marriage and the family.” Hungary’s rabidly anti-LGBTQ+ Prime…

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ADDED ON: 04/11/2023

Hands off our children, Hungary tells Czech FM amid anti-LGBT law dispute

Keep your hands off the Hungarian children, Hungarian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Tamás Menczer told Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (Pirates, Greens/EFA) who expressed his regrets that the Czech government will…

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ADDED ON: 04/08/2023

Germany and France join EU proceedings against Hungary over anti-LGBTQ law

Germany and France are joining the EU Commission’s infringement proceedings against Hungary over its anti-LGBTQ law, a German government spokesperson said Thursday. The European Commission referred Hungary to the Court of Justice…

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ADDED ON: 04/07/2023

15 governments join EU lawsuit against Orbán’s anti-LGBT law

Fifteen EU governments have joined the European Commission’s lawsuit against Hungary over a controversial anti-LGBTQ law making what civil society groups have described as the largest human rights case in EU legal…

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ADDED ON: 03/22/2023

Austria to Join LGBTQ Lawsuit Against Hungary While Facing Homophobic Crime Epidemic at Home

Austria will join the Commission’s infringement case against Hungary over the so-called “anti-LGBT propaganda law,” EU and Constitutional Affairs Minister Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP) said Monday evening in Brussels at an event organized…

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ADDED ON: 03/10/2023

Hungary vows to fight in EU court to defend anti-LGBT law

BUDAPEST, March 9 (Reuters) - Hungary's Justice Minister said late on Wednesday that Budapest would fight in the Court of Justice of the EU to defend an education law that Brussels says…

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