LGBTI+s emigrate from Hungary

LGBT+ Hungarians are fleeing the country in droves as homophobe Viktor Orbán makes them enemies of the state. Countless LGBT+ people in Hungary with the means to do so are making the difficult call to emigrate – leaving behind their homes, friends and livelihoods – so they can have “dream of having a better future

Facing inflamed levels of hostility amid a crackdown of queer rights at the hand of the right-wing government of Viktor Orbán, the populist, autocratic leader of the Fidesz party, LGBT+ people are fleeing. Fast.

“It motivates me to leave, that I may not be able to have the life with my partner that we dream about, to maybe have family in the future,” Barbara Pongracz, a 31-year-old recruitment consultant, told AFP.

“I am just fed up with this negative environment.”

‘The LGBT+ community has become a scapegoat’ in Hungary, say queer locals. LGBT+ citizens described a culture of fear entrenched in Hungary. Verbal threats are quickly curdling into violence, while their mental health sharply nosedives as it seems more of their rights are being stripped each month.

Only this week did the government pass a raft of laws curtailing the rights of queer Hungarians – crushing crucial civil liberties in same-sex adoption – all the while further consolidating and fortifying the party’s place at the top.

Source: PinkNews

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