- June 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
LONDON, June 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hungarian and international companies including Google and ViacomCBS on Monday condemned proposals by Hungary’s ruling party to ban the dissemination of LGBT+ content in schools, saying the measure would fuel discrimination and harm business.
Nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government, which faces elections in early 2022, has moved further against the LGBT+ community since last year and activists said the new proposal resembled Russia’s 2013 “gay propaganda” law.
His party’s draft legislation seeks to ban showing content to under-18s that is seen to “promote or show gender change and homosexuality”.
“The bill would increase the discrimination and potential harassment against LGBT+ people of all ages,” said a joint statement by We Are Open, a coalition of companies co-founded by Google, and Open For Business, a global LGBT+ advocacy…
