{"id":28319,"date":"2023-09-07T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=28319"},"modified":"2023-09-07T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:21:46","slug":"elle-hungary-puts-gay-dads-on-cover-in-powerful-defiance-of-governments-anti-lgbtq-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/07\/elle-hungary-puts-gay-dads-on-cover-in-powerful-defiance-of-governments-anti-lgbtq-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"ELLE HUNGARY PUTS GAY DADS ON COVER IN POWERFUL DEFIANCE OF GOVERNMENT\u2019S ANTI-LGBTQ+ AGENDA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li>Sep 06<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;Written by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/author\/marcus-wratten\/\">Marcus Wratten<\/a>&nbsp;(thepinknews.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elle-Hungary-gay-dads-cover.jpg?w=792&amp;h=416&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Two gay dads - Hungarian restaurateur Hubert Hlatky Schlichter and his neurosurgeon husband Laszlo Szegedi - kiss their baby daughter Hannabel on the head on the cover of Elle Hungary.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elle Hungary has defiantly featured a gay couple and their daughter on its cover. (Elle Hungary)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hungarian version of Elle magazine has put a pair of gay dads and their child on its front cover, in a defiant move amid the country\u2019s worsening anti-LGBTQ+ equality record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple, Hungarian restaurateur Hubert Hlatky Schlichter and his neurosurgeon husband Laszlo Szegedi, are pictured tenderly kissing their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/lifestyle\/parenting\/\">baby daughter<\/a>&nbsp;Hannabel on the head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharing the cover on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/topic\/instagram\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;yesterday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elle.hu\/kultura\/szerelembol-szuletett-kaphato-az-uj-elle\">Elle Hungary<\/a>&nbsp;declared its intention was to \u201ccontribute to the acceptance of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/lifestyle\/parenting\/\">rainbow families<\/a>\u201d and help the publication to \u201ccampaign all over the country for love and all forms of family\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post went on: \u201cEvery child deserves to grow up in a safe, caring and supportive environment and no one can prevent this based on their parents\u2019 gender identity or sexual orientation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the issue, the two fathers speak openly about the discrimination they\u2019ve faced in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/topic\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, particularly as they welcomed their baby girl into the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Elle-Hungary-gay-dads-cover-1.jpg?w=769\" alt=\"The cover of Elle Hungary, which shows gay dads Hubert Hlatky Schlichter and his neurosurgeon husband Laszlo Szegedi kissing their baby daughter Hannabel on the head\" class=\"wp-image-703093\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Hungarian goverment has launched legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ families in recent years. (Elle Hungary)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2010, Hungary voted in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/2023\/07\/23\/viktor-orban-anti-lgbtq-hungary-eu-offensive\/\">hard-line right-wing prime minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n<\/a>, co-founder and leader of the Fidesz party. In the 13 years since his election, he has enacted numerous policies aimed at curtailing LGBTQ+ equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his time in power, Orb\u00e1n has amended the Hungarian constitution to define families as \u201cbased on marriage and the parent-child relation [whereby] the mother is a woman, the father a man\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Same-sex marriage in the country is illegal, and a law passed in 2020 decrees that adoption is only allowed by couples who are married,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/2020\/12\/15\/hungary-parliament-same-sex-adoption-law-justice-minister-judit-varga\/\">effectively outlawing<\/a>&nbsp;same-sex couples from adopting children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Orb\u00e1n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/2023\/04\/14\/hungary-viktor-orban-lgbt-parent-law\/\">attempted to introduce a chilling law<\/a>&nbsp;that would have enabled citizens to report LGBTQ+ families to the authorities.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/2023\/04\/22\/hungary-katalin-novak-same-sex-parents-lgbtq\/\">The law was vetoed<\/a>&nbsp;by the country\u2019s president Katalin Nov\u00e1k, in what was considered an unusual rebuke from an otherwise staunch Orb\u00e1n ally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orb\u00e1n has also taken aim at the trans community. In 2020, the country banned transgender, non-binary and intersex people from legally changing their gender,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2023\/02\/09\/hungary-court-closes-door-transgender-legal-recognition\">effectively erasing them from existence<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Viktor-Orban.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Prime minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n stands in front of a blue background, in a suit and tie.\" class=\"wp-image-683825\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prime minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has a poor record on LGBTQ+ rights. (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, the government passed a law&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/2021\/06\/15\/hungary-anti-lgbt-homophobia-propaganda-law-ban-fidesz-viktor-orban-section-28\/?_gl=1*1ppd0xr*_ga*MTQ4NDY4MzQ0LjE2ODc5NDU5NjM.*_ga_BX9CRJ4BBP*MTY5Mzk4OTI1Mi4yNzEuMS4xNjkzOTkxMTg4LjYwLjAuMA..\">banning LGBTQ+ topics from being discussed<\/a>&nbsp;in schools or in the media, to prevent queer content from being accessed by minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Books that depict LGBTQ+ relationships are required to be wrapped in foil. In July,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/2023\/07\/14\/hungary-bookstore-fine-heartstopper-lgbtq\/\">a bookshop was fined 12 million fornits<\/a>&nbsp;(approximately \u00a327,800 or $35,900) for not covering a copy of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/2023\/08\/18\/heartstopper-season-3-release-date-cast-plot\/\">Alice Oseman\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Heartstopper<\/em>&nbsp;series<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 something the author said made her sad and angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQueer young people deserve to see themselves in literature. Queerness is not inappropriate for kids,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/2023\/07\/19\/alice-oseman-slams-fine-hungarian-bookshop-heartstopper\/\">Oseman wrote at the time<\/a>. \u201cSending love to everyone fighting this and supporting queer books.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While a same-sex couple featured on a British or US-based magazine would seem innocuous, in Hungary, it marks a landmark step for positive queer representation in the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Instagram, the magazine\u2019s comment section has been flooded with people celebrating the cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are wonderful, and you are the same for showing it,\u201d wrote Hungarian model \u00c1gi Pataki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another person said: \u201cLove, togetherness and happiness oozes from this photo. You are role models and I hope other similar couples draw strength in your lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A third reader wrote: \u201cMy hope is strengthened that maybe many other children can still have a wonderful life with wonderful parents like them. Sincere, true love really conquers all, loving and being loved from your heart is what really matters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Contributed by Gwyllm Llwydd)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elle Hungary has defiantly featured a gay couple and their daughter on its cover. (Elle Hungary) The Hungarian version of Elle magazine has put a pair of gay dads and their child on its front cover, in a defiant move amid the country\u2019s worsening anti-LGBTQ+ equality record. 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