This is how the first Pride in the countryside was held in Hungary – PHOTOS

Pride has been organised 26 times in Budapest, but this is the first time the event takes place outside the capital in Hungary.

Pride is a controversial event in Hungary, and people have their own opinion about it. Some people, however, like to express their views in a very public way, as was the case with Mi Hazánk Ifjai (Our Homeland’s Youth), a youth organisation that welcomes every young person who loves their homeland and is willing to take action for its future. Members can be aged 14-30 when they join and are allowed to stay until the age of 35, as they write on the website. The organisation recently put out stickers in Pécs depicting a silhouette of an octopus with words on its head such as “LMBTQ+, atheism, Marxism, liberalism, feminism, gender”. In front of the octopus, 5 people, including a babylike figure, are shown, and the man in the middle of the sticker has a textbox saying “Destroy the monster!”.

To provide some context, the aforementioned youth organisation was founded under Mi Hazánk Mozgalom (Our Homeland Movement), which is a Hungarian far-right political party founded by Jobbik dissidents who quit being Jobbik members after Jobbik decided to move away from their originally radical views. Szabadpécs wrote that, according to the standpoint of Mayor Attila Péterffy, the posters raise suspicions of inciting hate against the community.

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Pécs Pride has a Facebook event where they wrote the following:

“Free Anywhere! – is the slogan of the first rural Pride Parade. Free in Budapest, Free in Pécs, you can celebrate Freedom anywhere, which lies in our diverse identities!”

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RTL also presented the event in the evening news. Participants gathered at 3 pm on Kossuth Square and started the march at around 4 pm. After walking for 2 kilometres in a good mood, they arrived at St. Stephen Square around 5 pm. There, they listened to speeches about acceptance, and a mother of a well-known man also spoke in a positive way about her pride for her son who got married and has an adopted child. Participants were very diverse, as there were families, elderly and young people, but even dogs participated in the parade.