This week the 14th LGBT Pride Festival is taking place in Budapest. One of its main events is a Pride March on Saturday, 5 September. Considering the unfortunate experience of a few previous Pride Marches in Budapest which witnessed increasing violence, ILGA-Europe fully supports the right of LGBT people in Hungary to free and peaceful assembly. ILGA-Europe condemns any attempts to limit this right by individual Hungarian politicians.
On 5 September, Amnesty International members will participate in the Budapest Gay Pride march in solidarity with Hungarian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, who continue to face widespread hostility and discrimination in the country. Amnesty International believes that this year’s Budapest Pride provides an excellent opportunity to counter intolerance and celebrate the rights and dignity of LGBT people in Hungary and across Europe.
The following joint press release is issued by the Embassies of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
We ask for the support and partnership of every democratically-inclined individual, so that we can live in a tolerant world without discrimination, where essential human rights can flourish.
Welcome to our Gay Pride March! This year we have international guests with us, and different Hungarian and International NGO-s will march with us! For your security please read carefully the following text.
The Budapest GLBT Film and Culture Festival is a one week long event with several programs. We need volunteers to help with both its preparations and its organizing. Unfortunately there aren’t yet enough volunteers for all the tasks! If you would like to help, we gladly look forward to it, regardless of your age, gender, nationality or sexual orientation. We need all the help we can get!
A group of Hungarian artists has had enough of the Hungarian homophobia and decided to state their opinion of homophobic people by lip-syncing to a pop song.
