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Hungary removes anti-LGBT+ provisions from 2021 law
On Tuesday, Hungary’s parliament voted to remove anti-LGBT+ provisions from a child-protection law passed in 2021.
The vote was 139 in favour and 51 against.
The law, adopted under former leader Viktor Orban, had barred references to homosexuality and gender identity to minors.
Prime Minister Peter Magyar took office in May, and this is the first significant reversal of the restrictions since then.
The European Union had condemned the 2021 law, which Magyar says the changes will bring into line with European law.
A rights group called the removal of limits on access to LGBT+ content an important, positive step.
Magyar has described the changes as strengthening child-protection rules regardless of sexual orientation, rather than restoring LGBT+ rights.
Hungary’s parliament voted on October 13 to remove anti-LGBT+ provisions from a 2021 child protection law.
The measure passed by 139 votes to 51.
The provisions had barred references to homosexuality and gender identity to minors.
The vote is the first significant reversal of restrictions imposed under former leader Viktor Orban since Peter Magyar took power in May.
Magyar said the changes would bring Hungary into line with European law, while presenting them as strengthening child protection rather than restoring LGBT+ rights.
- Who
- Hungary’s parliament voted on the measure.
- What
- It voted to remove anti-LGBT+ provisions from a 2021 child protection law.
- When
- Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Hungary. The vote took place in parliament in Budapest.
- Why
- Prime Minister Peter Magyar said the changes would bring Hungary into line with European law.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Hungary adopted the child protection law containing restrictions on references to homosexuality and gender identity to minors.
Peter Magyar took power as prime minister.
Parliament voted 139 to 51 to remove the anti-LGBT+ provisions.
- Vote result
- 139 in favour; 51 against
- Law
- Child protection law adopted in 2021
- Former leader
- Viktor Orban
- Prime minister
- Peter Magyar
- Vote date
- October 13, 2026
What people are saying
The fact that restrictions on access to LGBT+ content are being removed is certainly an important and positive step
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