The Hungarian government has continued its crusade to censor the LGBTQ+ community with their new anti-LGBTQ+ decree.
According to a report from Reuters, Victor Orbán’s government announced on Friday (6 August) that stores are now required to cover queer-themed children books with wrapping.
This new requirement also includes books that explores gender identity and “explicit” sexuality.
Alongside the blatant censorship, LGBTQ+ books are now banned from being available in stores located within a 200 metres of schools and churches.
This isn’t the first time that the Hungarian government has enforced damaging rules on LGBTQ+ books.
Earlier this year, publishers of a children’s book called Meseorszag Mindenkie – which translates to A Fairy Tale for Everyone – were required to print a disclaimer on its pages.
The disclaimer imposed by the Hungarian Consumer Protection Authority (HCPA) said that the book sets out “behaviour inconsistent with traditional gender roles.”
The anti-LGBTQ+ hate continued when the government fined another publisher for not warning parents about a book’s LGBTQ+ content.
Hungary’s latest decree comes nearly two months after lawmakers passed legislation that bans “content promoting gender change or homosexuality” within the school curriculum.
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