
Thousands join Pride event in Hungary as LGBTQ people face growing hostility
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Tens of thousands of people were expected to join the annual Pride celebrations in Budapest on Saturday, with many already marching in colorful outfits across the Hungarian capital in support of inclusion and freedom.
But this year, Pride is also a protest, as LGBTQ people and their allies rally against the country's increasingly hostile policy towards their communities -- punctuated by a new, homophobic law recently passed by Hungary's hardline government. Andras Szolnoki, 55, an anthropologist from the eastern city of Debrecen, said he joined the march in rebuke to "Orbán's regime and for the rights of LGBTQI people who have been targeted by the government for the last four years."More Related News