Hungarian Parliament scraps Orban-era anti-LGBTQ measures

The Hungarian parliament backed amendments to child protection legislation and repealed measures that stigmatized gay and transgender people. The information is reported by BBC.

The child protection law adopted by a majority in parliament in 2021 by then prime minister Viktor Orban's party Fidesz prohibited "displaying or promoting homosexuality or gender reassignment".

Orban lost the elections in April. Since then, the government of Peter Magyar's Tisza has been working on reviewing the legacy of the previous administration.

Shortly after the vote held on Tuesday, Budapest announced that the European Union agreed to release 4.2 billion euros frozen during the final years of Fidesz's rule.

LGBTQ and human rights activists positively assessed the step, though they also demanded changes to other laws adopted during Orban's rule.

Fidesz and its allied party, the Christian Democrats, voted against the newly introduced amendments. In a statement published on the Christian Democrats' website, it says: "The promotion of "LGBTQ" content should not take place in schools and the media".