Hungary approves constitutional change banning LGBTQ+ events | LGBTQ News

Rights activists and some legal scholars condemn the law, arguing that it effectively criminalises LGBTQ+ expression.

Hungary’s parliament has approved a constitutional amendment allowing the government to ban all public events organised by LGBTQ+ groups.

Passed on Monday, the amendment formalises a law introduced earlier this year that bans such gatherings, including Budapest’s annual Pride March.

It’s seen by critics as another authoritarian lurch by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…