Hungary to amend anti-LGBTQ law to align with EU standards
A new bill will remove references to banning the 'promotion' of homosexuality.
Hungary’s government has submitted a bill to parliament to amend anti-LGBTQ rules for minors that were introduced under former nationalist leader Viktor Orban.
The law, which was created as an add-on to the country’s existing child protection regulations in 2021, banned the “promotion of homosexuality” to under-18s. The same law was later used to ban Pride marches.
Activists and leaders across the European Union had criticised the law for stigmatising LGBTQ people and linking same-sex relations to paedophilia.
Conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar, who won the election in April, ending Orban’s 16-year rule, said the rules would apply “regardless of sexual orientation” and bring the country in line with EU regulations.