New Hungary Law Enables Reporting LGBTQ Families

Bloomberg News reports:

Hungarian lawmakers passed a bill that enables citizens to report anonymously on same-sex couples who raise children to authorities.

As part of the law, approved earlier this week, people are allowed to report those who contest the “constitutionally recognized role of marriage and the family” and those who contest children’s rights “to an identity appropriate to their sex at birth.”

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s governments have curbed the rights of the country’s LGBTQ community and effectively barred adoption for same-sex couples. That was one of the reasons why Hungary was cut off from European Union funding.

Read the full article. As noted below, the European Union is already suing Hungary for a 2021 law allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination.

Germany and France are joining the EU Commission’s infringement proceedings against Hungary over its anti-LGBTQ law, a German government spokesperson said Thursday. https://t.co/stcWGH64MC

— NBC Out (@NBCOUT) April 7, 2023

Fifteen of the 27 EU member states are backing legal action by Brussels against Hungary over a law Budapest has passed that is deemed discriminatory against LGBQT+ people. It is the largest human rights case in EU legal history.https://t.co/dRKXR3ayG1

— Lucy Keaveney (@Luighseach) April 7, 2023