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Hungary's government orders disclaimers on books with gay content

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Hungary's government, which has made hostility to LGBT people a central part of its right-wing agenda, ordered a publisher on Tuesday to print disclaimers identifying books containing "behaviour inconsistent with traditional gender roles".

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LGBTI Freedom of Artistic Expression

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Freemuse operates within an international human rights and legal framework which upholds the principles of accountability, participation, equality, non-discrimination and cultural diversity. We document violations of artistic freedom and leverage evidence-based advocacy at international, regional and national levels for better protection of all people, including those at risk.

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Russian Activists Just Won an Important Battle Over LGBTQ Rights. But the War Is Far From Over

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Tsvetkova is now facing charges of “spreading pornography” for a Vagina Monologues page she published on social media last November, which features illustrations of vaginas, aimed at breaking the stigma around women’s bodies.

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Poland: The Niebylec commune loses court case to activist fighting for the rights of LGBT people

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The District Court in Rzeszów rejected the request of the Niebylec commune, which wanted to ban the publication of the photo in the media with the sign "LGBT free zone" at the border of the village.

Hungary amends constitution to redefine family, limits gay adoption

Hungary amended the definition of family in its constitution Tuesday to allow an effective ban on adoption by same-sex couples, another win for the ruling conservatives but decried by one pro-LGBTQ group as “a dark day for human rights”.

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Hungary: What does the MEP sex scandal tell us about Viktor Orban's Hungary?

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The resignation of a scandal-embroiled politician is always going to make political waves and headline news. But what sets the case of Hungarian MEP József Szájer apart is not just the nature of the scandal he finds himself at the centre of, but also the manner in which it is being reported on by the media is revealing in itself.

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Hungary: Another constitutional amendment proposal could come to curb LGBTQ propaganda

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The proposal to amend the Basic Law was announced by Tamás Gaudi-Nagy, head of the National Rights Protection Service. The aim of the initiators is for the Russian model, the parliament, to ban propaganda activities against traditional sexual relations and the promotion of non-traditional sexual relations.