Hungarian anti-LGBTQ law

In June 2021, the Hungarian Parliament adopted a law titled "Act LXXIX of 2021 on taking more severe action against paedophile offenders and amending certain Acts for the protection of children". Referred to in English as Hungary's anti-LGBTQ law, the act consists of legislative amendments to multiple laws, which prohibit the sharing of LGBTQ-related information with minors in advertising, media, schools, bookshops and in family interactions. It was criticised for equating LGBTQ people with paedophiles.

The act is often labelled by critics as the 'Russian-style propaganda law', in reference to the 2013 Russian anti-LGBTQ law, from which the Hungarian law is very similar.

The act was approved by the Hungarian Parliament on 15 June 2021, on a 157–1 vote, with most opposition parties at the time boycotting the vote.

The bill was met with immediate condemnation by sixteen EU Member States, the European Parliament, the European Commission, 30 embassies, and major human rights organizations. The EU and the United States consider the amendments to be discriminatory anti-LGBTQ restrictions.

After the law was passed, the European Commission initiated infringement proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union against Hungary for breaching the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, 16 EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, France, Denmark, Estonia (at a later stage), Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden) and the European Parliament joined the lawsuit, making this the largest human rights case in the history of the EU. The first hearing took place on November 19, 2024.  A ruling is expected in autumn 2025.