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Hungary orders LGBT publisher to print disclaimers on children's book
was first put in the spotlight in September when a member of the far-right political party Our Homeland Movement shredded a copy at a press conference. Hungary’s nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban, whose rightwing Fidesz party has adopted increasingly hostile rhetoric and policies towards LGBT groups, called the book “homosexual propaganda” last year.Labrisz – alongside Hatter, an allied gay rights group – said it would sue the government over the disclaimer requirement, which it called discriminatory and unconstitutional.In May, Hungary voted to end legal recognition of trans people.