June 28 march in Hungary’s capital for LGBTQIA+ rights endangered by Orbán’s anti-pride law. “In the face of repression, we respond with resistance.”
Turin, June 25, 2025 – As announced at the press conference in May, a delegation from Torino Pride will be present at the Budapest Pride march scheduled for June 28.
Budapest Pride is in its 30th year this year, but it is being held in a climate of heavy repression. For months it has been in the crosshairs of the Hungarian government, which has declared it illegal with a liberticidal law banning any demonstration deemed “dangerous to children.” Authorities have already announced the use of force and advanced surveillance tools-including facial recognition-to identify and block those organizing or participating in the march.
Despite the bans, the Budapest Pride organizing entities confirmed the march and issued an international appeal to associations, political figures, and institutions around the world. The event also received the support of Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony who, openly defying Viktor Orbán, declared that the march will take place as normal.
From Italy, in addition to a Turin Pride delegation, diversɜ activistɜ and many political figures will depart.
“We are under direct attack by reactionary right-wingers in Europe and around the world,” says Luca Minici, coordinator of Torino Pride, “who are making our lives one of the targets of their liberticidal plan in derogation of any European values and international law. What we must do now is to take to the streets and march alongside the Hungarian LGBTQIA+ community, bringing our support with our presence and visibility. Never before has the silence of Giorgia Meloni and the Italian institutions been as deafening, shameful and unacceptable: one cannot remain silent when a European government bans a peaceful demonstration for rights. Faced with attempts at repression, our response will always be one: resistance!” concludes Minici.
“For EuroPride 2027, we chose the claim “lives worth fighting for“, lives worth fighting for,” says Alessandro Battaglia, head of Torino EuroPride 2027 and one of the participants in the delegation to Budapest. “What we can do concretely is to respond to the international call of Budapest Pride and take to the march together with Hungarian allɜ activistɜ. We have the certainty that, thanks in part to this large response, all European and world eyes will be on Budapest next Saturday; Orbán will not have a free hand to do whatever he wants. If this allows a safer march for all the people participating, it will be a huge achievement,” Battaglia concludes.