Hungary introduces new restrictions on LGBT literature

Hungary introduces new restrictions on LGBT literature
A gay pride parade in Budapest, Hungary (Anna Szilagyi/AP)

Hungary’s government ordered booksellers to place children’s books that depict homosexuality in “closed packaging”, the latest move in an escalating campaign that rights groups have decried as an assault on the LGBT community.

The order also forbids the public display of products that depict or promote gender deviating from sex at birth, and bans the sale of all books or media content that depict homosexuality or gender change within 200 metres of a school or church.

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