Hungary Approves Constitutional Amendment To Ban LGBTQ Events

Hungary’s parliament (above) has approved an amendment to the country’s constitution that allows the government to ban public events held by LGBTQ communities like Budapest’s annual Pride parade which draws tens of thousands each year.

Hungary’s parliament passes an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ communities.

[image or embed] — NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM

From NBC News:

The amendment codifies a law fast-tracked through parliament in March that bans public events held by LGBTQ communities, including the popular Pride event in Budapest that draws thousands annually.

That law also allows authorities to use facial recognition tools to identify people who attend prohibited events — such as Budapest Pride — and can come with fines of up to 200,000 Hungarian forints ($546).

The new amendment also states that the constitution recognizes two sexes, male and female, an expansion of an earlier amendment that prohibits same-sex adoption by stating that a mother is a woman and a father is a man.

The declaration provides a constitutional basis for denying the gender identities of transgender people, as well as ignoring the existence of intersex individuals who are born with sexual characteristics that do not align with binary conceptions of male and female.

Last month, after the passage of Hungary’s anti-Pride law, Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended the legislation saying, “We won’t let woke ideology endanger our kids.” At the time, the European Union issued a statement that read in part, “The right to gather peacefully is a fundamental right to be championed across the European Union. We stand with the LGBTQI community – in Hungary & in all Member States. ” As many people have pointed out, Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ laws mimic those passed in Russia. Read more here.

Hungary has just passed a constitutional amendment banning all public gatherings of LGBTQ people.

This is a carbon copy of Russia’s criminalization of LGBTQ people. apnews.com/article/hung… [image or embed] — Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) April 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM