Last month a law was passed in Hungary banning the “promotion” of information about LGBTIQ people to children. Now, after fierce international condemnation, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has pledged to call a referendum on the legislation, intending to show public support for it and other purported child protection related issues.In fact, the law and the referendum have nothing to do with the rights of children.Instead, once again, LGBTIQ people are being used as pawns in a political power-play, threatening not only the rights of LGBTIQ people but human rights and democracy overall.LGBTIQ people -- along with other minorities including migrants and Roma communities, as well as human rights defenders and journalists -- have come under.