Tag: hungary
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An anti-gay Hungarian politician has resigned after being caught by the police fleeing a 25-man orgy through a window
A member of the European Parliament representing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party has resigned from his position in Brussels after he was caught leaving what reports described as a 25-man orgy on Friday.
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LGBTI organisations welcome judgement from the ECHR recognising the right of refugees to legal gender recognition
ILGA-Europe, TGEU and Transvanilla welcome landmark judgement from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recognising the right of refugees to legal gender recognition .
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Hungary rolls back legal protections, puts trans and intersex people at risk
TGEU, ILGA-Europe, IGLYO, and OII Europe condemn decision of Hungarian Parliament to follow the government and restrict access to fundamental rights for trans and intersex people.
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The Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive cannot wait another decade
On August 2019, the Hungarian Pest county government office imposed a fine on Coca-Cola for launching an LGBTI-friendly billboard campaign. The campaign depicted heterosexual and homosexual couples with a clear message of acceptance.
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EU LGBTI member organisations call on Hungary to drop article 33
ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe, the two largest networks of LGBTI and trans organisations in Europe and Central Asia, representing over 800 organisations and groups across the region collectively, are calling on the Hungarian Parliament and the Justice Committee of the Parliament to drop Article 33 of a legislative omnibus bill, which would deny access to legal gender recognition in the country.
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Latest move by Fidesz is a deliberate attack against the Hungarian trans community
Trans and gender-diverse persons continue to face discrimination, harassment and violence
throughout the EU.