"We Are the only Ones Protecting": Orban Seeks Votes in Election with Attack on Lgbtqi

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Some 300,000 people gathered in Budapest in June 2025 for the Pride march, despite a government ban. “For some, it wasn’t just about LGBTQI issues – it became a symbol of freedom of assembly and protest against the government,” says sociologist Tamás Dombos, of the Hungarian organization Hatter Society. The march also reveals a broader strategy by the Hungarian government, which is using targeting socially vulnerable groups as a political tool t…