{"id":131823,"date":"2024-06-24T07:35:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T04:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/us-ambassador-accuses-hungarys-pm-of-using-anti-lgbtq-machinery-of-fear\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T07:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T04:35:25","slug":"us-ambassador-accuses-hungarys-pm-of-using-anti-lgbtq-machinery-of-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/us-ambassador-accuses-hungarys-pm-of-using-anti-lgbtq-machinery-of-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"US ambassador accuses Hungary\u2019s PM of using anti-LGBTQ \u2018machinery of fear\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131823\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThe US ambassador in Budapest has accused the government of Hungary\u2019s far-right prime minister, Viktor Orb\u00e1n, of using a \u201cmachinery of fear\u201d to launch legal and rhetorical attacks on the LGBTQ community. \u201cFear is something those who seek to undermine democracy trade on, and their currency is too often you and your families,\u201d David Pressman said at a family Pride event at the ambassador\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Hungary adopted controversial legislation that bans the display and promotion of homosexuality in material accessible to minors. The move prompted the European Commission to refer Hungary to the EU\u2019s top court, arguing that the law violates fundamental rights and the bloc\u2019s values. At the same time, some Hungarian politicians and government-controlled media outlets have been promoting narratives that experts and rights groups have described as homophobic. In a deeply personal speech, Pressman \u2013 who is gay and raising two children with his partner \u2013 described his own experience of being stigmatised in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cameras of the government-controlled media were trained on me \u2013 as they are right now \u2013 and filmed us as he introduced me to his five-year-old child. The news that evening reported on \u2018spotting\u2019 my interaction with this child, and sinisterly described that I was seen \u2018interacting with children\u2019. They didn\u2019t need to finish the sentence \u2013 they let fear do the rest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian government did not respond to a request for comment. On Saturday, thousands of Hungarians marched in an annual Budapest Pride parade.The US ambassador noted that he was originally scheduled to give his speech at the Hungarian parliament building but was blocked by a senior member of Orb\u00e1n\u2019s ruling party. \u201cThe Speaker denied the parliamentarians\u2019 request to host an event on human rights in parliament \u2013 a space that is meant to represent all Hungarians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pressman drew parallels between Vladimir Putin\u2019s Russia and Hungary, and criticised Orb\u00e1n\u2019s government for its portrayal of critics. \u201cWhen a popular musician or social media influencer urges the people of Hungary to vote, they are a paedophile or a pervert. When political opposition leaders exhort citizens to support alternative policies, they are mentally unstable agents of a foreign power. When people stand with a war\u2019s victims, they are the aggressors,\u201d he said. \u201cThese attacks \u2013 whether legal, rhetorical or reputational \u2013 erode the liberties of the Hungarian people, of the Hungarian soul,\u201d Pressman said. \u201cWhenever politicians anywhere seek to profit by twisting love into hate; integrity into depravity; those who stand up for peace as advocating for more war \u2013 we must pay attention,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/jun\/23\/us-ambassador-accuses-hungarys-pm-of-using-anti-lgbtq-machinery-of-fear\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/us-ambassador-accuses-hungarys-pm-of-using-anti-lgbtq-machinery-of-fear\/\">US ambassador accuses Hungary\u2019s PM of using anti-LGBTQ \u2018machinery of fear\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[15026,555,2214],"class_list":["post-131823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-anti-lgbtq","tag-csr-news-en","tag-hungary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}