Budapest mayor charged for supporting Pride march

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The mayor of Hungary’s capital has been indicted for helping organize a Pride march last year, in spite of a new law that forbade public LGBTQ+ events. Hungarian prosecutors said Wednesday they would seek to impose a fine on Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for promoting the Pride celebration, rather than seeking to jail him, Courthouse News reports. “Prosecutors are seeking to fine me without a trial for announcing and organizing Budapest Büszkeség,” or Budapest Pride. Related: Budapest Pride to proceed despite Hungary's LGBTQ+ event banLast year, Hungary amended its 2021 Child Protection Act, disallowing the “depiction or promotion" of homosexuality to minors. Despite the crackdown, Budapest’s Pride festival brought in more than 100,000 attendees last June, with a march that began at City Hall.