Budapest enjoys first Pride march since Orbán voted out

Tens of thousands gathered in Budapest for the city's first Pride march since Viktor Orbán's far-right government fell from power. According to Boing Boing, despite sweltering heat—temperatures topped one hundred degrees—marchers paraded from the iconic Opera House through the city center and across the Erzsébet Bridge. The stark contrast: Orbán's regime had banned Pride events entirely. The new government embraces them.

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