Hungary government submits bill to roll back Orban-era anti-LGBTQ+ rules
Hungary's government submitted a bill to parliament late on Monday that would remove anti-LGBTQ+ rules prohibiting the "promotion of homosexuality" to under-18s implemented by Viktor Orban's former nationalist government.
Hungary's government has submitted a bill to parliament that aims to roll back anti-LGBTQ+ rules implemented during Viktor Orban's nationalist government. The proposed legislation removes restrictions on the promotion of homosexuality to under-18s, a policy introduced by Orban's previous administration. Orban justified these rules as measures to protect children, but they were met with strong criticism from human rights groups and the European Union.
In April, the European Court of Justice ruled that Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ laws violated EU law and contributed to the stigmatization of gay and transgender individuals. Hungary's new Prime Minister, Peter Magyar, has pledged to mend relations with the EU, which requires addressing concerns about democratic standards and minority rights.
The draft bill seeks to ban materials that could "seriously impair the child’s physical, intellectual, emotional, or moral development," focusing on harmful content such as pornographic and age-inappropriate sexual content, child sexual exploitation, and other severe harms to children's well-being. Magyar announced on Saturday that his government would also amend rules that effectively prohibited gay adoption.
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