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A law doesn’t make things right, and sometimes doing the right thing is above the law
We live in crazy times, there is no doubt about that. The world has somehow turned into this madness in which the ones who should be protecting us are actually the ones from whom we need protection. All it takes is to turn on the news for a second to…
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race is the hardest thing I have done in my entire life”
As a hardcore fan of the Drag Race franchise you can imagine what I felt when I was told that I have the opportunity to meet and interview Rosé, a finalist of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 13. Rosé (who was not in drag when we met so I just called…
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Expat eye: Should I stay or should I go?
As an expat, the past couple of months have been confusing. The new laws, the social media posts by different members of the Hungarian government, the international news, the pressure to work to make things better, the messages I receive on Instagram from LGBT people asking for help… it has…
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“Hungarian people are not shy to stand up for their rights”
Ambassador René van Hell arrived in Hungary exactly 4 years ago. He and his crew experienced a lot, both good and difficult times. In the last days of his tenure, we had the opportunity to sit down with him and talk about his Hungarian journey including a pandemic, LGBTQI rights,…
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The need for a sense of identity in the Hungarian LGBTQ+ community
If I were to ask you what is the local LGBTQ+ community in Hungary like, what would be your answer? As an expat who has been living in Hungary for almost 8 years, this is something I’ve been asked so many times, but it is still one of those questions…
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We won’t stay silent – Four human rights activists on the future of the homophobic law
The whole Hungarian LGBTQ community, and indeed the whole of Europe, has been shocked by the Hungarian homophobic law, which aims to silence Hungarian LGBTQ people, seriously endangering the mental health of minors, freedom of the press and democracy itself. But the Hungarian LGBTQ community will not stay silent and…
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Budapest and an American Proto-Homosexual Novel
Imre: A Memorandum (1906), a little-known novelette by American music critic Edward Prime-Stevenson is considered to be the first openly homosexual novel in English with a happy ending. It is possibly also the very first that the author himself called a homosexual novel per se. Unlike many other works at…
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„These countries will not achieve their growth goals unless they become more open and supportive of LGBT+ rights”
Open For Business’ latest report looks at the impact of state homophobia on the economy in Hungary, Romania, Poland and the Ukraine. Long story short, it is terrible. According to the report, it costs these states billions of dollars to be dismissive of LGBTQ people. But the solution is not…
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Pope’s Tailor Releases Perfume Range based on Transgressive Sex
Sexuality is a fundamental and integral part of the human being. Sexuality can take many forms, but like many things in life, to fully understand it, it needs to be confronted, examined, practiced and sometimes even experimented with. This means crossing into unfamiliar territory – often we can surprise ourselves…
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Hungary introduces „gay propaganda” law stricter than Russia
On 15 June, the Hungarian parliament has passed the so-called „Pedophile Law”, to which governing party MPs have introduced homophobic and anti-trans amendments last week. Citing the protection of children, the original draft law was turned into a „gay propaganda” law, even stricter than the Russian version it was modelled…