Hungary's recent legislation, passed by a significant margin, prohibits LGBTQ+ events, positioning the ban as part of a controversial "child protection" policy. The law allows facial recognition surveillance at such events, imposing hefty fines for violations. This move has drawn widespread criticism and comparison to Russia's anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Protests erupted in Budapest, led by the Two-tailed Dog Party, where demonstrators highlighted the absurdity of the crackdown through humor and symbolism. The ruling Fidesz party's constitutional changes further solidify the binary view of gender, rejecting scientific understanding of sex as a spectrum.
The law, passed Monday along party lines in a vote of 140-21, also allows the government to use facial recognition technology to identify those who attend prohibited events.
Thousands of Hungarians took to the streets of Budapest on Saturday dressed in muted grays to protest the law. The protest featured protestors carrying signs with sayings like "Sameness is trendy" and "Censorship."
One protestor, 30-year-old Tamas Olajos, told the outlet that "humor exposes the absurd," and that the rally was a "way to respond to a regime that takes itself too seriously."
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