Hungary’s government said that Budapest Pride parade will not take place in a public form this year.
The announcement comes after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that he would advise the organizers of the LGBTQ+ march “not to bother preparing their march for this year” as “it would be a waste of time and money.”
“There will be no Pride in the public form in which we have known it in recent decades,” the government’s spokesperson said. “We believe that the country should not tolerate Pride marching through the city center.”
The banning of the LGBTQ+ march is in line with a proposed constitutional amendment stating that “the right of children to physical, mental and moral development is irrevocable.”
Responding to a question about why he claims that Pride marches are harmful to children, the spokesperson said: “A family man doesn’t usually go near Pride, he avoids that part of the city,” the minister said, adding that any application of the law is based on common sense."
Last year over 30,000 people marched at Budapest Pride to protest Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws.
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