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In Hungary, an Embattled L.G.B.T.Q. Community Takes to the Streets

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BUDAPEST — Defiant, colorful and proud, thousands of Hungarians marched through Budapest on Saturday to support the country’s embattled L.G.B.T.Q.

community and to protest the far-right policies of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. This year’s Budapest Pride march had all the trappings of celebration but it was also a protest, its organizers said, against a recently passed law that critics say equates homosexuality with pedophilia and placed strict limits on sexual education, including banning the portrayal of L.G.B.T.Q.

lifestyles to minors. The law is often compared to a 2013 Russian law banning “gay propaganda” that has been widely criticized by rights groups.

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