“I am proud that I took every political risk for the sake of my city’s freedom, and I stand proudly before the court to defend my own freedom and that of my city.” – Gergely Karacsony
#BudapestPride
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/12/b...
#BudapestPride
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/12/b...
Budapest mayor says he faces government charges for allowing Pride rally
Budapest’s mayor Gergely Karácsony has revealed that he faces charges for helping to organise a banned Pride event in the city.
www.thepinknews.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“I am proud that I took every political risk for the sake of my city’s freedom, and I stand proudly before the court to defend my own freedom and that of my city.” – Gergely Karacsony
#BudapestPride
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/12/b...
#BudapestPride
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/12/b...
Democracy under pressure in Hungary 🇭🇺🏳️🌈
Reports say Budapest’s mayor may face charges for allowing Pride to proceed despite the government ban.
EPOA stands with all defenders of democracy in Hungary.
#EPOA #BudapestPride #PecsPride #FreedomOfAssembly @BudapestPride @PecsPride
Reports say Budapest’s mayor may face charges for allowing Pride to proceed despite the government ban.
EPOA stands with all defenders of democracy in Hungary.
#EPOA #BudapestPride #PecsPride #FreedomOfAssembly @BudapestPride @PecsPride
December 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Democracy under pressure in Hungary 🇭🇺🏳️🌈
Reports say Budapest’s mayor may face charges for allowing Pride to proceed despite the government ban.
EPOA stands with all defenders of democracy in Hungary.
#EPOA #BudapestPride #PecsPride #FreedomOfAssembly @BudapestPride @PecsPride
Reports say Budapest’s mayor may face charges for allowing Pride to proceed despite the government ban.
EPOA stands with all defenders of democracy in Hungary.
#EPOA #BudapestPride #PecsPride #FreedomOfAssembly @BudapestPride @PecsPride
The illegal ban on Pride in Hungary is still ongoing — but so are the counter actions from our movement! 🌈✊
Today EPOA met with Budapest Pride, and tomorrow ILGA-Europe hosts the media briefing “Pride on the frontline” in Brussels.
#EPOA #BudapestPride #PecsPride #ILGAEurope #Hungary
Today EPOA met with Budapest Pride, and tomorrow ILGA-Europe hosts the media briefing “Pride on the frontline” in Brussels.
#EPOA #BudapestPride #PecsPride #ILGAEurope #Hungary
December 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The illegal ban on Pride in Hungary is still ongoing — but so are the counter actions from our movement! 🌈✊
Today EPOA met with Budapest Pride, and tomorrow ILGA-Europe hosts the media briefing “Pride on the frontline” in Brussels.
#EPOA #BudapestPride #PecsPride #ILGAEurope #Hungary
Today EPOA met with Budapest Pride, and tomorrow ILGA-Europe hosts the media briefing “Pride on the frontline” in Brussels.
#EPOA #BudapestPride #PecsPride #ILGAEurope #Hungary
🧵🇭🇺🌈 Support Budapest Pride for the Sakharov Prize 2025
Budapest Pride stands today as far more than a movement for LGBTI liberation. It has become one of Europe’s most powerful civic movements for democracy, equality, and freedom.
#BudapestPride #Hungary #LGBTIRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Budapest Pride stands today as far more than a movement for LGBTI liberation. It has become one of Europe’s most powerful civic movements for democracy, equality, and freedom.
#BudapestPride #Hungary #LGBTIRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights
October 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🧵🇭🇺🌈 Support Budapest Pride for the Sakharov Prize 2025
Budapest Pride stands today as far more than a movement for LGBTI liberation. It has become one of Europe’s most powerful civic movements for democracy, equality, and freedom.
#BudapestPride #Hungary #LGBTIRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Budapest Pride stands today as far more than a movement for LGBTI liberation. It has become one of Europe’s most powerful civic movements for democracy, equality, and freedom.
#BudapestPride #Hungary #LGBTIRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights
How Hungary Reframed LGBTQ Pride as a National Security Issue #FeaturedContent #Politics #BudapestPride @goodmenproject
How Hungary Reframed LGBTQ Pride as a National Security Issue
Officials from the ruling party Fidesz had been priming the public for months.
The post How Hungary Reframed LGBTQ Pride as a National Security Issue appeared first on The Good Men Project.
goodmenproject.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
How Hungary Reframed LGBTQ Pride as a National Security Issue #FeaturedContent #Politics #BudapestPride @goodmenproject
❗️Even #BudapestPride, where hundreds of thousands marched for equality, is still under attack.
❗️Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony is facing criminal charges for organizing it - a chilling signal that no Pride is safe in today’s Hungary.
❗️Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony is facing criminal charges for organizing it - a chilling signal that no Pride is safe in today’s Hungary.
Hungary assembly act timeline | ILGA-Europe
Track Hungary's evolving restrictions on freedom of assembly and LGBTI rights. Learn about the 2025 law, EU legal action, and ongoing challenges to civil liberties
www.ilga-europe.org
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
❗️Even #BudapestPride, where hundreds of thousands marched for equality, is still under attack.
❗️Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony is facing criminal charges for organizing it - a chilling signal that no Pride is safe in today’s Hungary.
❗️Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony is facing criminal charges for organizing it - a chilling signal that no Pride is safe in today’s Hungary.
Unlike #BudapestPride, a municipality event, Pécs Pride is an assembly organized by a private person.
🚩The organizer now risks up to 1 year in prison.
🚩Participants face fines of up to €500 and identification via facial recognition.
🚩The organizer now risks up to 1 year in prison.
🚩Participants face fines of up to €500 and identification via facial recognition.
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Unlike #BudapestPride, a municipality event, Pécs Pride is an assembly organized by a private person.
🚩The organizer now risks up to 1 year in prison.
🚩Participants face fines of up to €500 and identification via facial recognition.
🚩The organizer now risks up to 1 year in prison.
🚩Participants face fines of up to €500 and identification via facial recognition.
🏳️🌈 Hungary’s government recast #BudapestPride as a danger to security, then banned the 2025 march.
📈 Varvara Prodai's data shows that the 'security threat' framing spiked in Hungarian, while English-language messaging remained legalistic.
➡️ bit.ly/4mzXVYN
📈 Varvara Prodai's data shows that the 'security threat' framing spiked in Hungarian, while English-language messaging remained legalistic.
➡️ bit.ly/4mzXVYN
How Hungary reframed LGBTQ Pride as a national security issue
Hungary’s government recast Budapest Pride as a danger to children and national security, then banned the 2025 march. Varvara Prodai’s data show that the 'security threat' framing spiked in Hungarian,...
bit.ly
September 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🏳️🌈 Hungary’s government recast #BudapestPride as a danger to security, then banned the 2025 march.
📈 Varvara Prodai's data shows that the 'security threat' framing spiked in Hungarian, while English-language messaging remained legalistic.
➡️ bit.ly/4mzXVYN
📈 Varvara Prodai's data shows that the 'security threat' framing spiked in Hungarian, while English-language messaging remained legalistic.
➡️ bit.ly/4mzXVYN
🏳️🌈 #BudapestPride 2025 drew a record crowd, with tens of thousands marching in open defiance of laws restricting #LGBTQI+ gatherings and authorising facial recognition to track participants 🚫👁️. Despite police bans, political threats and possible prison time, the city’s mayor hosted the event ✊💜.
September 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
🏳️🌈 #BudapestPride 2025 drew a record crowd, with tens of thousands marching in open defiance of laws restricting #LGBTQI+ gatherings and authorising facial recognition to track participants 🚫👁️. Despite police bans, political threats and possible prison time, the city’s mayor hosted the event ✊💜.
Hongrie 🇭🇺 : Vous vous êtes mobilisé·es massivement en juin en solidarité avec la BudapestPride 🙌🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Cette fois encore, agissez pour que la Pride de #Pécs puisse se dérouler librement, sans violence ni répression!
Signez la pétition @amnestyfrance :
www.instagram.com/p/DO5116KiCX...
Cette fois encore, agissez pour que la Pride de #Pécs puisse se dérouler librement, sans violence ni répression!
Signez la pétition @amnestyfrance :
www.instagram.com/p/DO5116KiCX...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Hongrie 🇭🇺 : Vous vous êtes mobilisé·es massivement en juin en solidarité avec la BudapestPride 🙌🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Cette fois encore, agissez pour que la Pride de #Pécs puisse se dérouler librement, sans violence ni répression!
Signez la pétition @amnestyfrance :
www.instagram.com/p/DO5116KiCX...
Cette fois encore, agissez pour que la Pride de #Pécs puisse se dérouler librement, sans violence ni répression!
Signez la pétition @amnestyfrance :
www.instagram.com/p/DO5116KiCX...
Po #BudapestPride zakázali v Maďarsku aj pochod Pécs Pride. Organizátori tvrdia, že sa nenechajú umlčať
Po #BudapestPride zakázali v Maďarsku aj pochod Pécs Pride. Organizátori tvrdia, že sa nenechajú umlčať
Maďarská polícia sa pri zákaze odvolala aj na ústavu.
dlvr.it
September 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Po #BudapestPride zakázali v Maďarsku aj pochod Pécs Pride. Organizátori tvrdia, že sa nenechajú umlčať
Danke an @gruene-bundestag.de , nicht nur laut bei der #BudapestPride sondern auch gerade hier, wenn's ums (scheinbare) Detail geht. Wir sollten uns nur zu genau erinnern wozu solche Listen schon einmal gebraucht wurden ...
August 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Danke an @gruene-bundestag.de , nicht nur laut bei der #BudapestPride sondern auch gerade hier, wenn's ums (scheinbare) Detail geht. Wir sollten uns nur zu genau erinnern wozu solche Listen schon einmal gebraucht wurden ...
The mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karacsony, is facing a year in prison for allegedly aiding in the planning of the city’s LGBTQ+ Pride march in late June.
Read more: https://bit.ly/45Mo5Cx
#budapest #GergelyKaracsony #lgbtqpride #budapestpride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gaynews #pride #europe #ViktorOrban
Read more: https://bit.ly/45Mo5Cx
#budapest #GergelyKaracsony #lgbtqpride #budapestpride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gaynews #pride #europe #ViktorOrban
August 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karacsony, is facing a year in prison for allegedly aiding in the planning of the city’s LGBTQ+ Pride march in late June.
Read more: https://bit.ly/45Mo5Cx
#budapest #GergelyKaracsony #lgbtqpride #budapestpride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gaynews #pride #europe #ViktorOrban
Read more: https://bit.ly/45Mo5Cx
#budapest #GergelyKaracsony #lgbtqpride #budapestpride #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gaynews #pride #europe #ViktorOrban
. Hungarian Mayor grilled after record-breaking LGBTQ+ Pride March - Orbán regime lashes out 🇭🇺
📲 jrlcharts.com/2025/08/04/o...
#LGBTNews #JRLCHARTS #BudapestPride #EuropeanPolitics
📲 jrlcharts.com/2025/08/04/o...
#LGBTNews #JRLCHARTS #BudapestPride #EuropeanPolitics
Orbán’s Regime Targets Mayor Over Massive LGBTQ+ Pride Protest
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony questioned by police after leading Hungary’s largest LGBTQ+ Pride, defying Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ crackdown. JRL CHARTS Europe reports.
jrlcharts.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
. Hungarian Mayor grilled after record-breaking LGBTQ+ Pride March - Orbán regime lashes out 🇭🇺
📲 jrlcharts.com/2025/08/04/o...
#LGBTNews #JRLCHARTS #BudapestPride #EuropeanPolitics
📲 jrlcharts.com/2025/08/04/o...
#LGBTNews #JRLCHARTS #BudapestPride #EuropeanPolitics
Ungarns Regierung setzt auf Gesichtserkennung beim Pride, Karácsony setzt auf Haltung. Warum der Bürgermeister jetzt zur Symbolfigur gegen Orbáns autoritäre Queerpolitik wird – und warum Europa dazu schweigt. 🇭🇺 #BudapestPride #PrideUnderPressure #Karácsony
Budapests Bürgermeister trotzt Orbán
Budapests Bürgermeister trotzt Orbán
maenner.media
August 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ungarns Regierung setzt auf Gesichtserkennung beim Pride, Karácsony setzt auf Haltung. Warum der Bürgermeister jetzt zur Symbolfigur gegen Orbáns autoritäre Queerpolitik wird – und warum Europa dazu schweigt. 🇭🇺 #BudapestPride #PrideUnderPressure #Karácsony
Alttext: #Budapest mayor Gergely #Karácsony accompanied by a police man is crossing a street with his lawyer Csaba Tordai.
Tordai is wearing a Polish "Konstytucja" (Constitution) t-shirt, Karácsony is wearing a black shirt with 🌈.
#BudapestPride
Tordai is wearing a Polish "Konstytucja" (Constitution) t-shirt, Karácsony is wearing a black shirt with 🌈.
#BudapestPride
💥🏳️🌈Today, Hungarian police summoned Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony as a suspect in a criminal investigation and took his mugshot—for organizing the banned Budapest Pride march, which drew 200–300K people.
His lawyer Csaba Tordai showed up wearing a Polish "Konstytucja" t-shirt.
His lawyer Csaba Tordai showed up wearing a Polish "Konstytucja" t-shirt.
August 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Alttext: #Budapest mayor Gergely #Karácsony accompanied by a police man is crossing a street with his lawyer Csaba Tordai.
Tordai is wearing a Polish "Konstytucja" (Constitution) t-shirt, Karácsony is wearing a black shirt with 🌈.
#BudapestPride
Tordai is wearing a Polish "Konstytucja" (Constitution) t-shirt, Karácsony is wearing a black shirt with 🌈.
#BudapestPride
🇭🇺 Budapest mayor questioned over defiant, banned Pride march 🏳️🌈
Police target Mayor Karácsony after 100k+ defy Hungary’s LGBTQ+ ban in massive protest
Read more: whereis.gay/budapest...\
#BudapestPride #LGBTQRights #PrideIsProtest
Police target Mayor Karácsony after 100k+ defy Hungary’s LGBTQ+ ban in massive protest
Read more: whereis.gay/budapest...\
#BudapestPride #LGBTQRights #PrideIsProtest
August 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🇭🇺 Budapest mayor questioned over defiant, banned Pride march 🏳️🌈
Police target Mayor Karácsony after 100k+ defy Hungary’s LGBTQ+ ban in massive protest
Read more: whereis.gay/budapest...\
#BudapestPride #LGBTQRights #PrideIsProtest
Police target Mayor Karácsony after 100k+ defy Hungary’s LGBTQ+ ban in massive protest
Read more: whereis.gay/budapest...\
#BudapestPride #LGBTQRights #PrideIsProtest
EU:n tulee seisoa tiukasti Budapestin kaupunginjohtajan rinnalla Orbanin yrittäessä saada hänet vastuuseen #BudapestPride
#Pride #Hungary #Democracy #Humanrights #LGTBQ #EU
#Pride #Hungary #Democracy #Humanrights #LGTBQ #EU
💥🏳️🌈Today, Hungarian police summoned Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony as a suspect in a criminal investigation and took his mugshot—for organizing the banned Budapest Pride march, which drew 200–300K people.
His lawyer Csaba Tordai showed up wearing a Polish "Konstytucja" t-shirt.
His lawyer Csaba Tordai showed up wearing a Polish "Konstytucja" t-shirt.
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
EU:n tulee seisoa tiukasti Budapestin kaupunginjohtajan rinnalla Orbanin yrittäessä saada hänet vastuuseen #BudapestPride
#Pride #Hungary #Democracy #Humanrights #LGTBQ #EU
#Pride #Hungary #Democracy #Humanrights #LGTBQ #EU
Around 300,000 marched at #BudapestPride, a major win for LGBTI activists. But new laws keep blocking peaceful events & restricting rights, violating EU protections. Leaders must keep fighting & support frontline activists to protect freedoms in Hungary & beyond.
www.ilga-europe.org/blog/hungary...
www.ilga-europe.org/blog/hungary...
Hungary assembly act timeline | ILGA-Europe
Track Hungary's evolving restrictions on freedom of assembly and LGBTI rights. Learn about the 2025 law, EU legal action, and ongoing challenges to civil liberties
www.ilga-europe.org
July 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Around 300,000 marched at #BudapestPride, a major win for LGBTI activists. But new laws keep blocking peaceful events & restricting rights, violating EU protections. Leaders must keep fighting & support frontline activists to protect freedoms in Hungary & beyond.
www.ilga-europe.org/blog/hungary...
www.ilga-europe.org/blog/hungary...
This month’s #CCINDLE blog reflected on the significance of this year’s #BudapestPride, which saw 200,000 people marching for the democratic values of peaceful assembly and #LGBTQ+ rights in the face of an official ban.
July 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This month’s #CCINDLE blog reflected on the significance of this year’s #BudapestPride, which saw 200,000 people marching for the democratic values of peaceful assembly and #LGBTQ+ rights in the face of an official ban.
Van der Plas: Halsema gaat naar de #budapestpride om te strijden voor homo-rechten, terwijl in haar eigen stad homoseksuelen niet veilig zijn. Hoe kun je vragen voor vrijheid voor homoseksuelen als je dat recht niet verdedigt in je eigen stad👈🏼 Alweer verkondigt Van der Plas leugens.
July 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Van der Plas: Halsema gaat naar de #budapestpride om te strijden voor homo-rechten, terwijl in haar eigen stad homoseksuelen niet veilig zijn. Hoe kun je vragen voor vrijheid voor homoseksuelen als je dat recht niet verdedigt in je eigen stad👈🏼 Alweer verkondigt Van der Plas leugens.
Der neue Blätter-Podcast ist da!
@yvesvenedey.de zur Fossilministerin Katherina #Reiche
Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi zum Versagen des Westens in #Afghanistan
@dfeher.bsky.social zur #BudapestPride und dem möglichen Ende von Orbáns Herrschaft
www.blaetter.de/podcast
@yvesvenedey.de zur Fossilministerin Katherina #Reiche
Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi zum Versagen des Westens in #Afghanistan
@dfeher.bsky.social zur #BudapestPride und dem möglichen Ende von Orbáns Herrschaft
www.blaetter.de/podcast
Der Blätter-Podcast
Die »Blätter« gibt es auch zum Hören: Jede neue »Blätter«-Ausgabe begleiten wir mit einer Folge!
www.blaetter.de
July 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Der neue Blätter-Podcast ist da!
@yvesvenedey.de zur Fossilministerin Katherina #Reiche
Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi zum Versagen des Westens in #Afghanistan
@dfeher.bsky.social zur #BudapestPride und dem möglichen Ende von Orbáns Herrschaft
www.blaetter.de/podcast
@yvesvenedey.de zur Fossilministerin Katherina #Reiche
Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi zum Versagen des Westens in #Afghanistan
@dfeher.bsky.social zur #BudapestPride und dem möglichen Ende von Orbáns Herrschaft
www.blaetter.de/podcast
Auch wenn es die Regierung Orbán diesmal bei der #BudapestPride nicht hat zur Eskalation kommen lassen, droht das Beispiel Schule zu machen. Unsere Petition auf WeAct fordert, dass die EU auch im Nachgang nicht einfach wegschaut:
👉 weact.campact.de/petitions/pr...
👉 weact.campact.de/petitions/pr...
July 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Auch wenn es die Regierung Orbán diesmal bei der #BudapestPride nicht hat zur Eskalation kommen lassen, droht das Beispiel Schule zu machen. Unsere Petition auf WeAct fordert, dass die EU auch im Nachgang nicht einfach wegschaut:
👉 weact.campact.de/petitions/pr...
👉 weact.campact.de/petitions/pr...
Megmondtam, hogy nincs ez elengedve... :/ #BudapestPride
Gyanúsítottként hallgatják ki Karácsony Gergelyt a Pride miatt
Ismeretlen tettes ellen indult nyomozás.
444.hu
July 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Megmondtam, hogy nincs ez elengedve... :/ #BudapestPride
Frisch erschienen: Mein Aufsatz zur #BudapestPride in der August-Ausgabe der @blaetter.bsky.social ! Ist es jetzt vorbei mit dem #Orbán-Regime in #Ungarn? Hier lesen: 🔐 www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...
Nach der Pride und vor der Wahl: Ungarn ohne Orbán?
Am 28. Juni erlebte Budapest etwas, was Ministerpräsident Viktor Orbán um jeden Preis verhindern wollte: den größten Protestmarsch in der Geschichte Ungarns. Was als „30. Budapest Pride“ geplant war, ...
www.blaetter.de
July 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Frisch erschienen: Mein Aufsatz zur #BudapestPride in der August-Ausgabe der @blaetter.bsky.social ! Ist es jetzt vorbei mit dem #Orbán-Regime in #Ungarn? Hier lesen: 🔐 www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2025...