DW: Tens of thousands packed Budapest's streets despite scorching heat. Former right-wing leader Viktor Orban tried to ban the march last year as part of a wider LGBTQ+ crackdown.
Tens of thousands braved the scorching temperatures to celebrate the Budapest Pride parade on Saturday, the first since the election defeat of Viktor Orban, who tried to ban the event last year.
"I think the situation is getting better and better, mainly because of the change in government," 18-year-old Petra Toth, who was attending her first Pride with her girlfriend, told AFP.
In April, pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar and his Tisza party won a landslide victory, ending Orban's 16 years in power.
Orban's government was widely regarded as having some of the European Union's most restrictive LGBTQ+ policies. » | Emmy Sasipornkarn with AFP, AP, Reuters | Saturday, June 27, 2026
Hungarians turn out in thousands for first Pride march since Viktor Orbán was voted out: Far-right former prime minister had sought to outlaw event among other anti-LGBTQ+ policies »
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Sunday, June 14, 2026
Warsaw Pride 2026: Poland Makes History | Pulse of Culture
June 14, 2026 | Warsaw Pride 2026 arrives as Poland registers its first same-sex marriage certificate, transforming this year's celebration from protest into a historic victory. This is a landmark moment on a long road, and this week Pulse of Culture tells that story in full.
We join Warsaw Pride 2026, where, for the first time in years, the mood feels less like protest and more like celebration following this historic legal breakthrough. We profile some of Poland's most influential queer cultural icons, figures whose impact reaches far beyond their own communities. And we trace a century of progress and resistance in Poland's LGBTQ+ history, from repression to the first same-sex marriage certificate entered into the Polish civil registry. In culture, Hania Rani, one of Poland's most internationally celebrated composers and a 2026 European Film Award winner, returns to Warsaw to open the Ephemera Festival. And in Tuscany, the town of Pietrasanta opens a new museum dedicated to Igor Mitoraj, one of Poland's most distinctive and internationally recognized sculptors, who made his home there in 1983 and lived and worked there until his death in 2014., who made his home there in 1983 and lived and worked until his death in 2014.
Pulse of Culture is a weekly English-language magazine for anyone with a connection to Poland, including tourists, the diaspora, and the simply curious. New episodes are released every Sunday.
We join Warsaw Pride 2026, where, for the first time in years, the mood feels less like protest and more like celebration following this historic legal breakthrough. We profile some of Poland's most influential queer cultural icons, figures whose impact reaches far beyond their own communities. And we trace a century of progress and resistance in Poland's LGBTQ+ history, from repression to the first same-sex marriage certificate entered into the Polish civil registry. In culture, Hania Rani, one of Poland's most internationally celebrated composers and a 2026 European Film Award winner, returns to Warsaw to open the Ephemera Festival. And in Tuscany, the town of Pietrasanta opens a new museum dedicated to Igor Mitoraj, one of Poland's most distinctive and internationally recognized sculptors, who made his home there in 1983 and lived and worked there until his death in 2014., who made his home there in 1983 and lived and worked until his death in 2014.
Pulse of Culture is a weekly English-language magazine for anyone with a connection to Poland, including tourists, the diaspora, and the simply curious. New episodes are released every Sunday.
‘Straight Out of Trumpland’: LGBTQ+ Members Fight for Pride after Essex Library Ban
THE GUARDIAN: Rochford LGBTQ+ community say Reform council’s ban on flying pride flags or holding events states they’re not welcome
Before Reform gained control of Essex county council in the May elections, Chris Taylor and members of the Rochford LGBTQ+ community already felt they were witnessing a growing tide of political rhetoric around identity.
But they were still shocked when the county’s new leadership moved to ban Pride events in 74 libraries, scaling back events of “any particular groups or themes”, a decision they said was “straight out of Trumpland”.
“It communicates the fact that we’re not welcome,” said Taylor, who recently launched a petition against the “Orwellian” ban on pride events in Essex libraries.
Reform councils across England, from Essex and Durham to Leicestershire and Kent, have imposed bans on flying the pride flag and holding pride events in public spaces, as well as, in some cases, defunding pride events previously sponsored by local authorities.
Essex county council said libraries were “safe spaces for everybody” and LGBTQ+ books and displays would continue, but added the promotion of library events aimed at specific groups was under review. » | Geneva Abdul and Aamna Mohdin | Sunday, June 14, 2026
Before Reform gained control of Essex county council in the May elections, Chris Taylor and members of the Rochford LGBTQ+ community already felt they were witnessing a growing tide of political rhetoric around identity.
But they were still shocked when the county’s new leadership moved to ban Pride events in 74 libraries, scaling back events of “any particular groups or themes”, a decision they said was “straight out of Trumpland”.
“It communicates the fact that we’re not welcome,” said Taylor, who recently launched a petition against the “Orwellian” ban on pride events in Essex libraries.
Reform councils across England, from Essex and Durham to Leicestershire and Kent, have imposed bans on flying the pride flag and holding pride events in public spaces, as well as, in some cases, defunding pride events previously sponsored by local authorities.
Essex county council said libraries were “safe spaces for everybody” and LGBTQ+ books and displays would continue, but added the promotion of library events aimed at specific groups was under review. » | Geneva Abdul and Aamna Mohdin | Sunday, June 14, 2026
Sunday, May 31, 2026
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Jüdische Festwagen von Pride Parade ausgeschlossen
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: Vor der Roma Pride im Juni gibt es Streit. Mitmachen darf nur, wer den „Genozid in Gaza“ verurteilt. Jüdische Aktivisten beklagen Antisemitismus.
Der Ausschluss von Festwagen der jüdischen LGBTQ-Organisationen Keshet Italia (Regenbogen Italien) und Keshet Europa von der römischen Pride Parade am 20. Juni hat die Debatte um den wachsenden Antisemitismus in Italien neu befeuert. Zur Begründung des Ausschlusses der jüdischen Festwagen erklärten die Veranstalter von Roma Pride auf ihrer Facebook-Seite: „Jeder, der die Grundwerte unserer Bewegung und unserer Community teilt, kann sich uns auf der Straße anschließen. Die Teilnahme eines Festwagens an der Roma Pride setzt aber – unabhängig von der sexuellen Orientierung, Identität, Religion, ethnischen Zugehörigkeit oder Nationalität der Beteiligten – eine klare und unmissverständliche Verurteilung des vom israelischen Regime verübten Völkermords voraus.“ » | Von Matthias Rüb, Rom | Donnerstag, 28. Mai 2026
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