A demonstrator waves a Pride flag during the annual Pride parade in Budapest, Hungary, on July 24.
Photographer: Akos Stiller/BloombergCrowds Flock to Pride March as Hungary Faces LGBTQ Reckoning
Thousands attend Pride March, defying President Viktor Orban’s crackdown.
It started with a book of kid’s fairytales, and is culminating in a defining test of a nation’s democracy and even its future in the European Union.
Hungary’s weaponisation of gay rights has led to a showdown rarely seen between the bloc and a member state. Brussels is threatening action over an LGBTQ law that could involve cutting funds to Budapest. Prime Minister Viktor Orban proposed to put what he calls the protection of children against homosexual content to a referendum.