Hungary

Its passage will allow government authorities to harass and prosecute same-sex couples just for raising families.

Critics have called the law “a shameful piece of homophobic legislation directly copy-pasted from the playbooks of Vladimir Putin.”

The bill’s anti-LGBTQ+ author said he hopes it’ll encourage straight couples to “be fruitful and multiply.” Yeesh.

David Pressman arrived in Budapest two months ago with his husband and their two children and made a point of sharing the event on social.

It’s the first country in Eastern Europe to do so. 

“Hungary shall protect the institution of marriage as a union of one man and one woman…. And leave our kids alone.”

Despite significant geographical and linguistic differences, Australia, Europe, and Asia share at least one strong bond – plenty of activists dedicated to equality for LGBTQ+ people.

The Hungarian law bans discussions of LGBTQ people in schools and on the media. The EU says that’s discriminatory.

The Hungarian prime minister has created the model for authoritarianism that American conservatives long to copy.

Donald Trump and Viktor Orban have long found common ground around their shared opposition to the LGBTQ community.

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Victor Orbán’s erosion of democracy is the exact playbook that conservatives in America want to enact.

“This law puts homosexuality and gender reassignment on a par with pornography,” said one European official who opposes the law.

He also said that if were younger, he would organize a “protest of heterosexuals” in response to Prague Pride.

Hungary’s prime minister has defended the law as a way to protect children from pedophilia and sexual abuse, but European Union members aren’t having it.

The law could even ban the rainbow flag from TV.

Prominent activist Rémy Bonny reviews how LGBTQ rights suffered setbacks all across Europe. He asks the world: “join forces in defense” of us.

Children must be raised “in a conservative spirit” to promote “values based on our Christian culture,” the Constitution now says.

She says the U.S. is losing influence abroad “because we now refuse to help countries who don’t celebrate sexual deviancy.”

Many transgender and intersex people are living in limbo since their rights have been stripped away. Some are contemplating suicide, while others are considering leaving the country.