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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Spike

Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ legislation violates EU law, court finds

Hungary LGBTQ Court - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Hungarian legislation banning the availability of LGBTQ+ content to minors violates European Union law and breaches a foundational treaty guaranteeing respect for human rights and equality, the bloc’s court ruled Tuesday.

The European Court of Justice said that Hungary's legislation, adopted in 2021 by the nationalist-populist government of outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, “stigmatizes and marginalizes" LGBTQ+ persons, and fails to uphold the EU's prohibition of discrimination based on sex or sexual orientation.

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