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Hungary's so-called anti-LGBT law, which its supporters say is designed to guard minors from LGBT content, has inadvertently sparked increased public support for the LGBT community, fostering a significant rise in both interest and engagement with LGBT-related arts and cultural discourse.
In a calmly delivered yet passionate speech to an exclusive dinner for Patron members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary on Dec. 5, U.S. Ambassador David Pressman went from a long list of benefits American businesses offer to Hungarians via Washington’s deep concerns over the policies of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government in recent years to optimism for the future based on the country’s youth.
Laszlo Simon, the director of the Hungarian national museum museum, has been sacked for allegedly not enforcing a controversial LGBT ban for under 18s.
Since April 2023, at least 40 media websites - predominantly ones that are critical of the government - have faced Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
As the Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen begins her trial at Helsinki's Court of Appeal on Thursday for her Christian belief in traditional marriage, the silence from Western political leaders is deafening.