How Gay Friendly is the Hungarian Media?

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For a long time, the media in Hungary considered homosexuality non-existent, placing it out of sight and not covering it at all. The first changes were heralded by the official formation of the first association for gays two years before the political changes of 1989.

The existence of this minority rights watch group held such political significance that almost all of the major newspapers and the national radio and television covered it extensively and greeted it with enthusiasm.
Article by Laszla Laner – RD Manual, 1997.