{"id":15682,"date":"2020-10-07T10:15:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T10:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/?p=15682"},"modified":"2020-10-15T09:12:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T09:12:59","slug":"orb%c3%a1n-calls-on-homosexuals-to-leave-our-children-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartacus.gayguide.travel\/blog\/orb%c3%a1n-calls-on-homosexuals-to-leave-our-children-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Orb\u00e1n calls on homosexuals to “Leave our children alone!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trigger for the new attack on the queer community is a Hungarian fairy tale book that aims to promote diversity with older, physically challenged or POC characters – and in which Cinderella is portrayed as a lesbian. The collection of fairy tales divides society, a petition against the book has already received more than 80,000 signatures, and Hungarian booksellers draw parallels with the Nazi book-burning. Nevertheless, the publishers of the book have reason to rejoice.<\/p>\n

The book “Storyland is for Everyone” is published by the organisation Labrisz Lesbian Association. It tells fairy tales in a new – and different – way. It is intended to teach children diversity and acceptance in a playful way. It includes characters with physical disabilities, people of different ethnicities or older and poor people. Only a few stories have a queer background – but that doesn’t stop the queer-haters in Hungary from throwing themselves at them.<\/p>\n

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A thorn in the side of the self-styled moralists: Cinderella is re-told as a lesbian love story, in another fairytale a dragon slayer is transgender. A petition by the anti-queer-lobby group CitizenGO, calling for the book to be removed from bookshops, has received more than 80,000 signatures online.<\/p>\n

The publishers are pleased with the unintentional PR: The book is a bestseller, the first edition was sold out immediately, a second edition had to be commissioned. The Labrisz Lesbian Association said that the hatred against the book had had an “opposite effect”.<\/p>\n

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Orb\u00e1n takes the side of the homophobes<\/h2>\n

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She got the ball rolling and put the book at the top of the sales lists: D\u00f3ra D\u00far\u00f3, a member of parliament for the extreme right-wing “Our Fatherland” party, destroyed the book at a press conference last week. She tore out individual pages and shredded them publicly. Her argumentation: The party would not accept that children are exposed to homosexual propaganda.<\/p>\n

Of course, who would be surprised were it different: in a public discussion about homosexuality in Hungary, anti-LGBTIQ+ leader Viktor Orb\u00e1n is not far. The politician, who earlier this year passed a law effectively abolishing the legal recognition of transgender persons, stirred up moral panic in a radio interview in which he clearly stated his position. According to the news agency AFP he said:<\/p>\n

“Hungary has laws on homosexuality based on an exceptionally tolerant and patient approach. But there is a red line that must not be crossed”.<\/p>\n

For him the book is a “provocative act of the homosexual community”. Hungary’s prime minister warned:<\/p>\n

“Leave our children alone.”<\/p>\n

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Comparison to Nazi book-burning<\/h2>\n

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The Hungarian Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association (MKKE) has massively criticised the attacks on books – and pointed out parallels to book censorship, including in the form of book burning, during the Nazi era or under communist rule. The association was shocked that a member of the Hungarian parliament had publicly destroyed a book because she did not agree with its contents. All books could be criticised, even in front of the broadest public – but<\/p>\n

“The destruction of books for political purposes is one of the most shameful historical memories in Hungary and Europe”.<\/p>\n

It was not an expression of opinion, but a closing of ranks with the “National Socialist book burners” and the “Communist book busters”. They demanded:<\/p>\n

“Hands off the books!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The trigger for the renewed attack on the queer community is a Hungarian fairy tale book that aims to promote diversity with older, physically challenged or POC characters – and in which Cinderella is portrayed as a lesbian. The collection of fairy tales divides society, a petition against the book has already received more than 80,000 signatures, and Hungarian booksellers draw parallels with the Nazi book-burning. Nevertheless, the publishers of the book have reason to rejoice. <\/p>\n

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