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Children's book "Märchenland für alle": old fairy tales, told in various ways
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The decision was made earlier, said Boldizsar Nagy to the news portal »24.hu«.
Now the editor of the children's book »Märchenland für alle«, which is hostile to homophobic rights, is leaving his home country Hungary because of ongoing threats against himself.
The campaign against the book that Nagy edited for the publisher, as well as the law that came into force the previous week to suppress information about homosexuality for young people, had confirmed that he saw no future in Hungary for himself and his partner.
In »Märchenland für alle«, well-known fairy tales are told anew and in various forms.
The hero characters belong to various minorities.
These include children with disabilities, victims of domestic violence, homosexuals and transsexuals.
The authors want to create more acceptance for disadvantaged people.
Last year, a right-wing extremist MP shredded the book in front of television cameras.
The right-wing national prime minister Viktor Orbán then expressed his approval of the radical politician's action.
"Leave our children alone!" Orban said at the time.
Since then, the government-dependent media has equated homosexuality with pedophilia.
The information law that has now come into force also aims at such an equation.
In particular, it is forbidden to make books and other information carriers accessible to people under 18 who "represent" or "propagate" homosexuality, transsexuality or sex reassignments.
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