Hungary pulls out of Eurovision amid rise in anti-LGBT rhetoric
 

Hungary will not participate in next year’s Eurovision song contest, amid speculation that the decision was taken because the competition is “too gay” for the taste of the country’s far-right government and public media bosses.

While no official reason has been given for the withdrawal, the move comes amid an increase in homophobic rhetoric in Hungary, where the anti-migration prime minister Viktor Orbán has launched a “family first” policy aimed at helping traditional families and boosting birth rates.

Earlier this year, the speaker of the Hungarian parliament compared gay adoption to paedophilia, while a pro-government television commentator referred to Eurovision as “a homosexual flotilla” and said not participating would benefit the nation’s mental health.
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Hard right bigots in power

Ha, tra

Won't be missed.

I mean... from a performance aspect they clearly will be buy yes trash views bye x

maybe the UK should pull out too and save the annual humiliation?

won't be missed, and pls kazakhstan replace them :fc:

good riddance they are gone, vile homophobic stupid irrelevant country, with non-existent crap music (no good song comes from them anyway)


Kazakhstan is eager to take part at big eurovision too, especially after the 2nd place at junior eurovision this year, or clear bosnia's debts some investor (Bosnia are also very willing to come back after clearing debts, and a healthy budget to compete)

" vile homophobic stupid irrelevant country"

your xenophobia know no bounds


:umm2:

they are homophobic though, if they withdraw because a contest is too gay friendly

and i hate viktor orban, he's disgusting, him being against rights for women, his racism, nationalism, anti-lgbtq

and i'm only that towards Hungary (but hopefully one day they see the light)


as for UK, well internal selection might work for you guys next year, just need the right artist, bit uptempo song too

hungarian media are denying this, the withdrawal because of this reason to be true

http://abouthungary.hu/blog/hungary-...ews-fake-news/

what evidence do you have?

it is in that article though


by a Zoltan Kovacs, he calls all that in the tabloids about them ''fake news''

Hungary always serves the bops

Evidence it is due to it being too gay?

Wish Russia would pull out forever

i wish we would as its one humiliation after the next, we have not put a good song in since Engelbert

no, it is just a withdrawal like what they earlier said about wanting to work on their pop scene (one year off from eurovision) same what they did after their nq in 2009, withdrawing from 2010 contest


but the vile media have to blow it up and make it look worse than it is :notimpressed:


i feel sorry for that hungarian delegation :sad:

no, i don't want anyone to withdraw honestly, neither wants the EBU, we want to grow into 44, and then eventually into 46 countries each year

also i don't believe this anti-lgbt story at all :joker:


but how do they come across to it, sadly viktor trash orban exists, wish they could fire him from a cannon onto the moon, and then a more sane person as his replacement



but yeah the people who believe fake news LOL :laugh3: :laugh3:

So you slag Hungary off for being homophobic but live the most homophobic country in europe?

i didn't, first yes but now the news coming from their own delegation saying other articles are fake news, i do believe that


i voted for Russia once, last year for Yulia i won't break


also ''most homophobic country in europe'' is overreaction dear

I mean it's illegal to be gay in Russia

yeah so, every country has its own rules, standards

https://escxtra.com/2019/11/28/hunga...sion-backlash/