Index – Domestic – Budapest Pride: We’ll see you from Carmel, the Moon and even Sirius
“We want to say three short words: we’ll keep the parade!” – Budapest Pride announces in a statement, emphasizing that the event will be bigger than before and there will be more programs than ever before.
Tens of thousands of people will move in and stand up for LGBTQ rights. We will be louder, stronger, we will see from the Carmelite, the Moon and even Sirius
They wrote. They noted that they do not do so despite the fact that “certain individuals, far-right groups, have been experimenting for years to abuse LGBTQ rights by abusing the right of assembly”.
Our country tried in vain
As previously reported, in line with previous practice, the Our Country Movement, which eventually entered the parliament with six members, did its utmost again this year to make the event traditionally planned for July impossible. Előd Novák, the vice-president of the party, wrote in a statement:
This year, the LGBTQP propaganda parade, announced for January 23, was successfully prevented and pushed out of Andrássy Avenue and many symbolic public areas, as we announced several places at the first possible moment, on Saturday at 0:00, and the BRFK acknowledged our priority. thus, only devians may march at other times or locations.
In response, Budapest Pride emphasized:
“Our movement doesn’t give up, our community is stronger and more cohesive than being stunned or intimidated. […] The Budapest Pride Parade is not about a boulevard, not about fake idols and false romance. But about people, our rights, our future, our standout, our visibility and our teamwork. And all this does not exist in a physically definable space, but in our hearts, throats, and actions, ”they wrote.
(Cover image: Budapest Pride parade on July 24, 2021. Photo: Bodnár Patrícia / Index)