In brief
The Tisza‑led parliament voted to scrap the clause in the 2021 child‑protection law that banned the promotion of homosexuality and transgender identity. Activists welcomed the move but urged further reforms such as same‑sex marriage and name‑change rights. The decision came as Hungary restores EU‑frozen funds and re‑enters key EU programmes. The new legislation marks a tentative shift away from Orbán’s legacy of moral policing.
Hungary’s new government has overturned the 2021 child‑protection law that allowed discrimination against LGBTQ people.
The parliament voted to scrap the clause that banned the portrayal or promotion of homosexuality and transgender identity, a rule first introduced under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz majority in 2021.
"We are very happy that this got adopted," said Tamás Dombos from the Háttér Society. "We’ve been fighting this law for five years."
The move comes as the country unfreezes €4.2 bn of EU funds that were blocked during the Fidesz era, and as Hungary re‑enters key programmes such as Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe.
Activists welcomed the change but called for further reforms, including recognition of same‑sex marriage, adoption rights for same‑sex couples and the ability for transgender people to change their official name.
Orbán’s former legislation had also tightened schooling and public assembly rules, but the new package seeks to undo that legacy without continuing to paint LGBTQ people as a moral threat.
