
Measure marks change in LGBTQIA+ rights policy under the new management of Peter Magyar
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The repealed law, introduced in 2021, prohibited the mention of homosexuality and gender identity in front of minors. The previous government, led by Viktor Orbán, began restrictions on LGBTQIA+ rights in 2020.
The Hungarian Parliament approved, by 139 votes in favor and 51 against, the text that eliminates the legislation that prohibited mentioning homosexuality and gender identity in front of minors in the name of "child protection".
This is the first clear indication of a policy change on LGBTQIA+ rights in Hungary since conservative Peter Magyar came to power.
The new prime minister claims that such changes will allow Hungary to adapt to European law. However, he presented these changes not as a restitution of LGBTQIA+ rights, but as a reinforcement of existing standards for the protection of children, "regardless of sexual orientation".
His party, Tisza, has a comfortable two-thirds majority that allows him to do without the support of Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party, which had announced that it would vote against.
Orbán had been progressively restricting the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community in Hungary, starting in 2020 with the ban on legal recognition of trans people.
Legislation was introduced the following year and prohibited any mention of homosexuality and a gender identity other than the sex assigned at birth in front of minors.
The European Union celebrated the vote in the Hungarian Parliament, which it praised as "an important sign of commitment to our common values" and emphasized that the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community are "fundamental" in the bloc.

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