A new anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary would ban Pride event and allow use of facial recognition software

The Texas Legislature is having big battles over gender and sexuality…

Lawmakers are quietly pushing bills that would limit access to bathrooms and measures preventing trans people from changing government documents.

Musicians and actors urged to boycott anti-LGBTQ+ Hungary over its Pride ban

LGBTQ+ music stars Chappell Roan, Emeli Sandé, and Alanis Morisette are being urged to pull out of concerts in Hungary to show their opposition to the country’s ban on the annual Pride march, scheduled for 28 June in Budapest. Hungary: banned Pride, so stars need to dump it All three singers have been written to by veteran LGBTQ+ campaigner Peter Tatchell, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation. His letter urges: We ask you to stand with Hun…

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.