> Several thousand people took part in the Pride march for more rights for sexual minorities in Bucharest. According to the organizers, more than 15,000 people, accompanied by a large police force, marched through the Romanian capital on Saturday. Rights such as gay marriage do not yet exist in Romania, and the Hungarian minority party is currently trying to push through an anti-LGBTQ law like in neighboring Hungary.
> **“LGBTQ rights are not respected”**
> “It’s my first time taking part in a march like this, but it was important to be there because the rights of LGBTQ people aren’t respected,” said 37-year-old Catalin Enescu, who is supported by her wife and children was accompanied by both daughters in rainbow colored dresses. The English abbreviation LGBTQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer.
> Kissing is expressly allowed – at least at the Pride march in Bucharest
> Earlier, about 200 people, some holding up Orthodox icons, took part in a counter-event under the banner of the March of Normality. The right-wing extremist party Noua Dreapta had called for this.
> **Counter-pressure from the Hungarian minority party**
> “The fact that the Pride marches are getting bigger while the far-right groups are getting smaller is a positive sign,” said Norway’s Tor-Hugne Olsen, who claims to be the right-wing leader of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). used by homosexuals. “But at the same time we see bills that aim to curtail LGBTQ people’s rights or access to sex education.”
> Soap bubbles as a demo accessory: will it ever be relaxed and easy for the LGBT community in Romania?
> The Hungarian minority party in Romania has introduced a bill to prevent the “promotion of homosexuality and gender reassignment” among minors. The text is based on a controversial law in Hungary, which the EU Commission has also denounced as discriminatory and is therefore taking legal action against the government of right-wing conservative Viktor Orban. Homosexuality has not been a criminal offense in Romania until the early 2000s.
> **Hundreds of thousands in Madrid**
> In Spain, on the other hand, same-sex love was already decriminalized in the 1970s, shortly after the end of the Franco dictatorship. In Madrid, the annual Pride march has been a huge commercial event for years. On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people celebrated under the rainbow flag in the Spanish capital for the first time since the corona pandemic. A number of ministers from the left-wing coalition government attended the celebrations. Spain is considered one of the most LGBTQ-friendly countries in the world and has allowed same-sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples since 2005.
Was there the other day. It felt really refreshing to not associate the community with the usual incidents or with the sour experience of having to defend your way of existing, especially online “debates” with people who have had no contact other than with shock media.
That being said personally I did feel a little unconfortable because I couldn’t relate to much of the vibe, but that’s probably just me being cynical in general.
The event was pure wholesomeness, and people were really happy to be there. You don’t see that very often for a lot of other causes.
I wonder if I’ll live to see the day pride marches and parades are obsolete because there is no more pushback at a cultural level.
Not in Romania I think, but maybe other countries.
If the lawmakers have an ounce of backbone and do not want to commit career suicide by the majorly religious citizenry /the national orthodoxy, they will not bend over for a paltry 15k mob.
Plus the Hungarian law is not more discriminatory than other countries’ that ban certain things to be taught to children and shown in public and on media.
Hungary is actually one of the safest places in Europe right now.. all thanks to their vigilance and care for the benefit of the majority.
They keep bashing Orban even for things the citizens voted for, like the child protection law. Unlike other countries, such as the holier than thou core EU members or the US, to name a few examples, the Hungarian government actually asked the citizens what they want and the overwhelming majority wanted such a law passed.
Other governments are cowards for never asking their citizens about any big decisions. Likely afraid of a minority throwing a tantrum when he majority votes against their unchecked freedom that tramples all over the majority.
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> Several thousand people took part in the Pride march for more rights for sexual minorities in Bucharest. According to the organizers, more than 15,000 people, accompanied by a large police force, marched through the Romanian capital on Saturday. Rights such as gay marriage do not yet exist in Romania, and the Hungarian minority party is currently trying to push through an anti-LGBTQ law like in neighboring Hungary.
> **“LGBTQ rights are not respected”**
> “It’s my first time taking part in a march like this, but it was important to be there because the rights of LGBTQ people aren’t respected,” said 37-year-old Catalin Enescu, who is supported by her wife and children was accompanied by both daughters in rainbow colored dresses. The English abbreviation LGBTQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer.
> Kissing is expressly allowed – at least at the Pride march in Bucharest
> Earlier, about 200 people, some holding up Orthodox icons, took part in a counter-event under the banner of the March of Normality. The right-wing extremist party Noua Dreapta had called for this.
> **Counter-pressure from the Hungarian minority party**
> “The fact that the Pride marches are getting bigger while the far-right groups are getting smaller is a positive sign,” said Norway’s Tor-Hugne Olsen, who claims to be the right-wing leader of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). used by homosexuals. “But at the same time we see bills that aim to curtail LGBTQ people’s rights or access to sex education.”
> Soap bubbles as a demo accessory: will it ever be relaxed and easy for the LGBT community in Romania?
> The Hungarian minority party in Romania has introduced a bill to prevent the “promotion of homosexuality and gender reassignment” among minors. The text is based on a controversial law in Hungary, which the EU Commission has also denounced as discriminatory and is therefore taking legal action against the government of right-wing conservative Viktor Orban. Homosexuality has not been a criminal offense in Romania until the early 2000s.
> **Hundreds of thousands in Madrid**
> In Spain, on the other hand, same-sex love was already decriminalized in the 1970s, shortly after the end of the Franco dictatorship. In Madrid, the annual Pride march has been a huge commercial event for years. On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people celebrated under the rainbow flag in the Spanish capital for the first time since the corona pandemic. A number of ministers from the left-wing coalition government attended the celebrations. Spain is considered one of the most LGBTQ-friendly countries in the world and has allowed same-sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples since 2005.
Was there the other day. It felt really refreshing to not associate the community with the usual incidents or with the sour experience of having to defend your way of existing, especially online “debates” with people who have had no contact other than with shock media.
That being said personally I did feel a little unconfortable because I couldn’t relate to much of the vibe, but that’s probably just me being cynical in general.
The event was pure wholesomeness, and people were really happy to be there. You don’t see that very often for a lot of other causes.
I wonder if I’ll live to see the day pride marches and parades are obsolete because there is no more pushback at a cultural level.
Not in Romania I think, but maybe other countries.
If the lawmakers have an ounce of backbone and do not want to commit career suicide by the majorly religious citizenry /the national orthodoxy, they will not bend over for a paltry 15k mob.
Plus the Hungarian law is not more discriminatory than other countries’ that ban certain things to be taught to children and shown in public and on media.
Hungary is actually one of the safest places in Europe right now.. all thanks to their vigilance and care for the benefit of the majority.
They keep bashing Orban even for things the citizens voted for, like the child protection law. Unlike other countries, such as the holier than thou core EU members or the US, to name a few examples, the Hungarian government actually asked the citizens what they want and the overwhelming majority wanted such a law passed.
Other governments are cowards for never asking their citizens about any big decisions. Likely afraid of a minority throwing a tantrum when he majority votes against their unchecked freedom that tramples all over the majority.