Thousands celebrate Pride in Budapest following anti-LGBT legislation | TheHill - The Hill

The Hungarian Parliament in June passed legislation that bans the distribution or content in schools that officials believe "promotes" homosexuality or gender transition. Students under the age of 18 may not be shown any content, including advertisements of this nature. The law was supported by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s party. .

"In the past two years, we’ve had a government attack against the LGBTQI community, a lot of hate speech and also adoption of restrictive legislation when it comes to transgender rights, adoption, and most recently, a Russian-style propaganda law," Tamás Dombos, board member of Háttér Society, a Hungarian rights group, told Politico.

Many countries, including the United States, signed a joint statement of support for the Hungarian LGBT community, which shared by the Canadian government.