Hungary has passed a law curbing children’s access to discussion of homosexuality, and not all teachers are on board with the move
Hungary's new anti-LGBT law, which comes into force on Thursday, has caused anxiety in the LGBT community and added uncertainty to life under nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which has stepped up its campaign against LGBT people ahead of elections next year.
Fellegi-Balta runs an extracurricular workshop which discusses LGBT issues and supports children in handling problems in their private lives. Orban's government says the law is not aimed at homosexuals but is about protecting children and that it should be mainly up to parents to educate their children about sexuality.
"Children are not blind," said Eva Gadanecz, who teaches in a public secondary school in Budapest. "They are not deaf, they live in the world and if they raise this in class or on a field trip, then you respond."
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