Budapest Pride Draws Record Crowd Of Over 100,000

The New York Times reports: A government ban on Hungary’s annual Pride parade backfired on Saturday when more than 100,000 people marched through the Hungarian capital, far more than have taken part in previous such events. Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday warned people to stay away from the banned parade, threatening “clear legal consequences” … The post Budapest Pride Draws Record Crowd Of Over 100,000 appeared first on Joe.My.God..

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Jun 29, 2025 - 20:00
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Budapest Pride Draws Record Crowd Of Over 100,000

The New York Times reports:

A government ban on Hungary’s annual Pride parade backfired on Saturday when more than 100,000 people marched through the Hungarian capital, far more than have taken part in previous such events. Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday warned people to stay away from the banned parade, threatening “clear legal consequences” for anyone taking part. Government warnings, however, only turned what is usually a low-key event attended by a few thousand L.G.B.T.Q. activists and their friends into a mass rally against Mr. Orban’s government.

The police watched the Pride parade from the sidelines but, by late afternoon, had made no effort to halt the flood of people surging through central Budapest. Unable to find any marchers performing lewd acts or any evidence of the bacchanalia the government had been warning against for weeks, Mr. Orban’s media machine focused on traffic jams and minor scuffles caused by the march. “Chaos at Budapest Pride,” read a banner headline in Magyar Nemzet, a media outlet that serves as Fidesz’s version of the Soviet communist party newspaper Pravda.

Read the full article. As this writing, a post-parade festival is still underway. Live video below.

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