Right-wing populism: Pride parade in Hungary is about ban

The previously annual pride parades in which people demonstrate for the rights of non-heterosexual forms of life are likely to belong to the past in Hungary. The Parliament has a legislative proposal on the initiative of parliamentarians of the government camp, which aims at a ban on the event. The proposal is certain that the right -wing populist government of Viktor Orban has a two -thirds majority in parliament. The legal committee of Parliament already advised on Monday.

Orban had already indicated the ban in February in a speech to the nation: “The organizers of the Pride should not try to prepare this year’s move. It would be wasted time and money.”

In the event that the Pride parade takes place against the planned ban, the fines at first threaten to be punished. According to the design, not only the organizers of the event should be punished when controlling, but also the possible participants.

Child protection named as a reason

Formally, the draft is a supplement to the Assembly Act, which provides that meetings are not allowed to violate the Child Protection Act, as reported by the government. The Pride parade has not yet been explicitly mentioned.

Since 2021, a regulation known as the Child Protection Act has banned access to information about non -heterosexual forms of life. Corresponding books, films and other media must therefore not be accessible to minors. Any kind of advertising in which homosexuals or trans people appears as part of a normality is prohibited.

Law proposal on Parliament’s homepage, Hungarian