Hungary takes action against “offensive” children’s books

The new legal rule appeared in the Hungarian Official Gazette on Friday evening. It regulates the implementation of a controversial law that forbids providing information about homosexuality, transsexuality and sex reassignment to people under the age of 18. The parliament, dominated by Orban’s right-wing national Fidesz party, approved the law in June.

According to the new regulation, children’s books that “depict deviations from the gender identity or gender reassignment or self-endowing sexuality received at birth, and depict or popularize homosexuality” may not be shown in bookstore displays or visible to all in the shops. In addition, such “offensive” books may not be sold within 200 meters of schools or churches.