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Hungarian court throws out transphobic referendum question 
Kidobta a Kúria az egyik transzfób népszavazási kérdést 
Monday, October 25, 2021

The Curia, the highest regular court in Hungary, has refused to validate a question the government submitted as part of an anti-LGBTQI referendum. Although the National Electoral Commission accepted the question "Do you support making gender reassignment treatments available to underage children?", the Curia ruled that this question cannot be the subject of a referendum.

Orbán spreads lies to defend the anti-LGBTQI law in Brussels
rbán Viktor Brüsszelben 2020. július 17-én. Fotó: John Thys / AFP
Monday, June 28, 2021

The Hungarian government faces serious criticisms on the recently adopted homophobic and transphobic propaganda law.  When questioned by European leaders, Orbán spread a number of lies to defend the law. In this article we provide a detailed rebuttal of those lies. 

Hungarian government launches Russian-style attack on freedom of speech and children’s rights
Orosz minta alapján indított frontális támadást a szólásszabadság és a gyermekjogok ellen a kormány
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Yesterday, June 10, the Hungarian ruling party, Fidesz, introduced an amendment that would severely restrict freedom of speech and children’s rights by banning LGBTQI-themed educational programs and public service advertisements. Out of  Hungarian LGBTQI people, 42% have thought about suicide and 30% have attempted it. This new amendment - which eerily mimics the Russian propaganda law - would further poison public opinion. 

Budapest Court of Appeal: government-financed site made false accusations against adoptive gay couple
Fővárosi Törvényszék: alaptalanul gyanúsítgatta a vasárnap.hu az örökbefogadó meleg párt
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

In January the pro-government news site Vasarnap.hu published a story about a “boy with two fathers”, in which, besides using derogatory language, they also claimed the couple tricked the authorities by hiding they were a same-sex couple and pretending only one of them would adopt as a single parent. The Court declared these were unfounded allegations and ordered the news site to rectify their mistake.

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Háttér in the media

Hungary and Finland in uphill battle for gay rights
EUobserver
Date: 
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Speaker: 
Tamás Dombos

Leading up to the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, euobserver published an article about LGBTI rights around Europe, with a special focus on Hungary and Finland. Our input focused on problems related to education.

Solidarität gegen Abbau des Rechtsstaats
Speaker: 
Tamás Dombos

The German lesbian magazine L-MAG reports about the state of the Hungarian democracy in relation to the Forth Amendment to the Hungarian Fundemental Law. They also interviewed a colleague of our organisation.

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