The declarations have also arrived, only the usual embassies of 38 countries would instruct the Hungarian interior.
Before Saturday's Pride parade in Budapest, the embassies of the United States, Germany and 36 other countries called on the Hungarian government to protect the rights of LGBTQ people and repeal laws that discriminate against them.
The Orbán government passed the law in 2021, which prohibits the display and promotion of homosexuality among those under the age of 18. This law was criticized by rights groups and the European Union.
Due to the Budapest Pride to be held on Saturday, July 15 - at which, among others, Gergely Karácsony and David Pressman, the United States ambassador to Budapest, will give a speech - embassies and about ten cultural institutions, including the British Council Hungary, the Észt Intézet and the Institut Français said in a joint statement that they support Saturday's event, which is expected to attract thousands of people to the city center.
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On the occasion of the 28th Budapest Pride Festival , the US Embassy in Hungary issued a statement
we assure the members of the Hungarian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) community of our full support."
"We reject and condemn all acts of violence, hate speech, harassment, stigmatization and discrimination against individuals or communities based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or gender characteristics, and we support the fight against the above actions".
We are concerned about the legislation and political rhetoric, including in Hungary,
which are contrary to the principles of non-discrimination, international human rights laws and human dignity and contribute to the stigmatization of the LGBTQI+ community," they write. They stress the "need" for leaders and governments to "respect and protect the rights of LGBTQI+ individuals and communities".
They called for the repeal of laws
"We stress that leaders and governments here and elsewhere must respect and protect the rights of LGBTQI+ individuals and communities and end laws and policies that discriminate against them"
- reads the document, which Reuters .
The European Commission previously appealed to the Court of Justice of the European Union over the 2021 law, which Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, called a shame, even though the purpose of the legislation is to protect children and not to discriminate against the LGBT community.
Many left-wing parties and politicians join the great pride march
According to the report on Budapest Pride's website, the procession starts around three o'clock from the green area in front of the Vajdahunyad castle, and returns to the Liget around five in the afternoon along the route Andrássy út – Oktogon – Teréz körút – Király utca – Felsőerdősor – Andrássy út – Hősök tere.
Photo: MTI/Tamás Kovács
During the march, several left-wing parties - such as the MSZP, Momentum, Párbeszéd and the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Párt - will march with trucks, which will play music that can be classified into different genres.
The socialists Ágnes Kunhalmi and Zita Gurmai, the momentous András Fekete-Győr, Gábor Kerpel-Fronius, Anna Donáth and Katalin Cseh, the DK's Klára Dobrev, the dialogical Tímea Szabó and Bence Tordai participate in the parade almost every year, so presumably you will be able to meet them this year as well.
Featured image: MTI/Zsolt Szigetváry
