Record numbers of people marched in the Budapest Pride parade Saturday, defying a government ban that marked a major pushback against LGBTQ rights in the European Union.

With the support of the city’s liberal mayor, organizers of Budapest Pride took to the streets in defiance of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s effort to ban the event.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party enacted the ban, but Budapest’s mayor allowed the event to go on. The police sat on the sidelines.

Hungary's parliament, in which Orban's right-wing Fidesz Party has a big majority, passed legislation in March that created a legal basis for police to ban LGBTQ marches, on the grounds that ...

Tens of thousands in Hungary defy ban to march at Budapest Pride Organisers estimate up to 200,000 people marched after government banned the annual celebration.

Earlier, he and other prominent Fidesz officials posted pictures of themselves with their children and grandchildren, in an attempt to reclaim the "pride" word.

Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ rights supporters are expected to converge on Budapest this Saturday, poised to defy a police ban on their annual Pride march. The event has become a potent symbol of ...

‘None of us are free until everyone is free’: Tens of thousands attend Budapest Pride in defiance of ban ...

Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through Hungary's capital as a banned LGBTQ+ rights rally swelled into a mass demonstration against the government.

BUDAPEST, June 28 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Hungary's capital on Saturday as a banned LGBTQ+ rights rally swelled into a mass anti-government demonstration, in ...

Tens of thousands of protesters march through Hungary's capital as a banned LGBTQIA+ rights rally swells into a mass anti-government demonstration.