When Viktor Orbán conceded defeat on 12 April, the relief across LGBTQ+ Europe was palpable. After sixteen years of authoritarian rule, the man who had made Hungary a laboratory for anti-LGBTQ+ governance was gone. The question now is whether his departure means something has actually changed.
The record under Orbán’s regime was unambiguous. In 2021, legislation restricted the depiction of homosexuality and gender diversity in schools and media accessible to under-18s, framed by the government as child protection – the idea coming straight out of Steve Bannon’s diary – and condemned by the European Commission as a fundamental rights violation.
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