Hungary holds first post-Orban Budapest Pride march
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Hungary holds first post-Orban Budapest Pride march
Tens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted out
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"I think the situation is getting better and better, mainly because of the change in government," 18-year-old Petra Toth, who was attending her first Pride with her girlfriend, told AFP.
In April, pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar and his Tisza party won a landslide victory, ending Orban's 16 years in power. Orban's government was widely regarded as having some of the European Union's most restrictive LGBTQ+ policies. Last year, a record-breaking crowd took to the streets of Budapest, with an estimated 200,000 participants openly defying a sweeping government ban. Orban's government had passed legislation and a constitutional amendment banning the march, arguing that Pride events violated children's rights to moral and spiritual development.
The massive turnout was seen as a strong rebuke of Orban's years-long anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown. Orban introduced laws banning adoption by same-sex couples, prohibiting changes to gender on official documents, and restricting school materials seen as promoting homosexuality or gender transition. So far, Magyar has not announced any specific measures to reverse Orban-era legislation restricting the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. He had asked for patience when asked by Hungarian media.
Since his election victory, Magyar has insisted his government should not dictate how Hungarians should live.
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PBS News By — Justin Spike, Associated Press Justin Spike, Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered in soaring temperatures in Hungary's capital on Saturday to celebrate the 31st annual Budapest Pride, the first such LGBTQ+ march since former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who had sought to ban the event, was ousted in an April election. The march began Saturday afternoon as temperatures reached at least 38 C (100 F) amid a record-breaking heat wave that has gripped most of Europe. Organizers distributed water bottles to marchers, and the city's public water utility opened fountains along the route.
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