The rally in the city of Pecs defied a police ban under a law passed this year by Viktor Orban’s right-wing government that prohibits LGBTQ+ demonstrations.
Thousands of people took part in a banned Pride march on Saturday in the university city of Pecs in southwest Hungary.
Several thousand people attended in defiance of a police ban on LGBTQ+ rallies.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been in power since 2010, has restricted the rights of the LGBTQ+ community in recent years.
His ruling ultra-conservative Fidesz party passed a law in March allowing Pride marches to be banned, claiming the move was needed to “protect children.”
The template of destabilizing democracy made in Russia was applied to Hungary and now is in the process in the US.
LGTBQ and us straight allies will oppose the Christofascist culture wars with a Doris Day song on our lips