Hungary’s Orban defends LGBTQ law as EU anger rises

The new law banning LGBTQ content in schools ‘not against homosexuality’, populist leader says at EU summit.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has strongly defended a new law in his country banning LGBTQ content in schools as he arrived at a European Union summit in Brussels dominated by the growing controversy over the issue. “This is not against homosexuality, any sexual interference. It’s not about homosexuals,” said Orban. “It’s about the right of the kids and the parents,” he said, adding that he would not withdraw the legislation despite fierce public criticism of it by most of his EU counterparts.