A new anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary would ban Pride event and allow use of facial recognition software
Source: Associated Press
A new anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary would ban Pride event and allow use of facial recognition software
By JUSTIN SPIKE
Updated 8:20 AM EDT, March 17, 2025
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s ruling coalition continued its crackdown on the country’s LBGTQ+ community on Monday, as members submitted a bill to parliament that would ban the popular Budapest Pride event and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees.
The bill is almost certain to pass, as the ruling coalition has a two-thirds majority in parliament.
The bill would make it an offense to hold or attend events that violate Hungary’s contentious “child protection” legislation, which prohibits the “depiction or promotion” of homosexuality to minors under 18.
Attending a prohibited event would carry fines up to 200,000 Hungarian forints ($546), which the state would forward to “child protection.”
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/orban-government-ban-lgbtq-pride-hungary-d003f20c8444a8611c5cc9db08dc0352
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Source: Reuters
Hungary's government targets LGBTQ community, dual citizens in proposed constitutional changes
March 12, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT / Source: Reuters
By Reuters
BUDAPEST — Hungary’s governing party has proposed constitutional changes that could mean a ban on an annual march celebrating the LGBTQ community and the expulsion of citizens with dual citizenship if they are deemed to pose a threat to the country’s sovereignty.
Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban has repeatedly criticized LGBTQ people and pledged to crack down on foreign funding of independent media and nongovernmental organizations in Hungary in recent weeks, after his ally, U.S. President Donald Trump, paused funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Trump’s steps prompted speculation that Orban would be emboldened and clamp down on media deemed to be unfriendly.
“The corruption network that rules the entire Western world of politics and media must be eliminated,” Orban told parliament on Feb. 24, adding that his government would “go to the wall” with the new laws.
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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/hungarys-government-targets-lgbtq-community-dual-citizens-proposed-con-rcna196115
The proposed constitutional changes would also recognize two genders. All of it would be done in the name of protecting the children.
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