“We are planning to show all the people who are afraid and anxious and think they cannot be happy because this government is crushing human rights and freedom of speech and freedom of the media that there is hope, and that there are a lot of people who are more and more organised.” And now it is even more important to show that,” said Viktória Radványi of Budapest Pride. “We thought it was really important to show LGBT people that they are not alone that they are not abandoned that there are a lot of people who stand up for them. Even before the Hungarian parliament passed legislation this week likened by critics to Russia’s “gay propaganda” law, the community had started planning a mass parade in the centre of the capital next month that would serve as both a warning to Orbán and a strong show of solidarity.