The law that came into force last week, which has been condemned by the European Union, bans material that “promotes or depicts gender change and homosexuality” to under-18s.
Critics say the legislation could fuel discrimination against LGBTQ+ Hungarians. “I fear a little bit and that is why (myself and my partner) plan to leave the country,” book editor Boldizsar Nagy M, who is gay, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “This is my life, but because things are getting very insecure here, I feel I should do this from another country,” he said by phone.
Nagy, 38, said he had received death threats following the publication of two books he had edited, “Wonderland Is For Everyone” by numerous authors, and another containing two titles by US