US EditionA new anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary would ban Pride event and allow use of facial recognition software
- Hungarian lawmakers prepare to vote Monday on a constitutional amendment.
- The amendment gives legal support to a March law banning public events violating child protection rules.
- This measure could permanently ban LGBTQ+ community events including Budapest Pride.
- The amendment declares "a person's sex at birth is a biological characteristic".
- It likely passes due to the Fidesz majority and faces criticism for restricting rights.
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Musicians and actors urged to boycott anti-LGBTQ+ Hungary over its Pride ban
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AI Surveillance to be Deployed on Banned Budapest Pride
Christo - Wikimedia CommonsErin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A populist lawmaker comes to power and rails against immigrants, people of color, and the poor. Then he sets his sights on queer people. He ends legal recognition of the trans community, censors LGBT books and movies, and cracks down on schools for “enc…
Europe Condemns Hungary For Banning Pride Celebrations
LGBTQNation reports that the E.U. is standing up for LGBTQ+ rights as member state Hungary passed a law banning Pride celebrations and allowing law enforcement to use facial recognition technology to find people who attend such events. Read more at LGBTQNation
Some world leaders invoke Trump to justify political crackdowns
The NewsAnalysts argue that US President Donald Trump’s upending of political norms has emboldened autocratic leaders around the world to pursue crackdowns on human rights and democracy.Some leaders have explicitly invoked Trump’s return to power as justification for their moves: After Hungary’s parliament voted this month to ban an annual LBGTQ+ Pride parade, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government said the changes in Washington meant the “Ame…
The European Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives has written a letter protesting anti-LGBTI legislation in Hungary. According to Volt leader Laurens Dassen, it is more than symbolic politics.
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