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Budapest’s Circuit Party is back – See you at Triton Red Light!
After a very successful round of parties in 2022, Triton is ready to step up their game and begin the next chapter of Circuit parties in Budapest. On April 1st, they bring Triton Red Light, a theme inspired by the Red Light District in Amsterdam, with the sexy and…
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The last Hungarian LGBTQ magazine goes out of print
After more than 10 years of operation, Humen Media Hungary will no longer publish Humen Magazine, Hungary’s only printed, free LGBTQ magazine. The cultural and lifestyle magazine was launched in October 2011 as a result of a friendly initiative to bridge the gap between members of mainstream society and…
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“There are many parents out there living with HIV, but we are hiding”
It is extremely rare for parents living with HIV to talk about their health condition in the media. This is the case in almost all parts of the world, but it is especially true in Hungary, where the knowledge of the majority of society about the virus is stuck…
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“When I don’t express my opinion on something, someone else will do it”
We talked to Viktoria Radványi, President of Budapest Pride, about the need to go out and vote. And much more. It was wonderful to see how quickly and how focused Budapest Pride reacted to the war in Ukraine. You immediately wrote about who could help, what should be done,…
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Let’s get political! Being yourself is a political statement
I get it. You re exhausted of the political situation in Hungary, we all are, but saying that you don’t care about politics or that you don’t feel like getting involved isn’t a privilege we can rely on at the moment. Elections are coming, and given the political climate and…
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“First I am Christian, then Hungarian, then gay”
“I have nothing to fear since you live within me,” so goes one of my favorite Taizé chants which popped into my head when I heard the story of Benedek. He went from being a bad student to a pastor beloved by his followers, and then had his life shattered…
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“We should pay more attention to each other because we are facing the same problems and the same authoritarian governments”
There’s a saying in Hungary: Pole and Hungarian – two good friends. And for a long time now we have been partners in some pretty bad times. State homophobia is also rampant in Poland, just like in Hungary, though perhaps at an even higher level: registered partnerships are not allowed,…
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Passing the torch: We need more LGBT content creators
The recent anti-LGBT law passed in Hungary that forbids queer representation in media and also bans education on LGBT topics in school, leaves youth unattended and unable to have access to people who can provide them with support and orientation. This means an even bigger call for local content creators…
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Miguel Matos in Budapest: the world famous perfumer presents his new fragrance at 7scents Perfumery
In the burgeoning world of niche perfume, Miguel Matos is something of a polymath. His talent lies in drawing parallels between the direct sensory experience of scent and more abstract intellectual and artistic concepts. Indeed, Miguel’s ability to capture in word all that is great about modern perfume led him…
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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…