Jeni Tehan
iamBullivantHungary has banned anything that βpromotes homosexuality,β which essentially means Pride. Today over 500,000 people in Budapest turned up for a Pride march and told the government to: 'Fuck off!'.
Barbara Monaco@bullivant The people, united, can never be defeated. Happy Pride, Budapest! π
zipkid - Breaker of Systems@bullivant police said 40.000 ( ridiculously low). Organizers said 200.000. So, somewhere in between those, but much closer to the latter.
Tisha Tiger@bullivant Thatβs how it works π
Dani living like it's 2020@bullivant
Politicians joined from various European countries to pressure the government to not overreact. Great to see this, and without violence!
Politicians joined from various European countries to pressure the government to not overreact. Great to see this, and without violence!
Joe Cardillo (they/them)Happy Pride to all in Budapest & Hungary π³οΈβπ
Human after all@joecardillo except the racist bigots
xs4me2And very soon I hope!
π Ba Dang πΊAwesome !
chris actual@bullivant Well done, #budapest. Well done.
stuxβ‘@bullivant LOVE β€οΈ IT 
Sigismund Ninja@bullivant always suspected that Hungary was the most gay country within the EU. π
nixFREAK@bullivant thatβs amazing good for them.
mossyruaHey Mr Orban⦠a few people want to have a chat!!
Flittermouse πΈπ₯πΉπ³οΈββ§οΈπ©@bullivant that's a huge festival, in a country of less than 10 million.
@Flittermouse I 'think' that quite a few people came from neighbouring countries to attend. Not sure of the numbers, though.
Erik L. Midtsveenπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³π΄
Herodotus Machiavelli Livy@bullivant
To paraphrase Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young;
Bt the time we reached the Pride March,
We were half a million strong.
And everywhere was a song,
And a celebration...
A Tattered Scrapbook@HMLivy @bullivant Love it! But I think Joni wrote itβ¦
@HMLivy Very good. π
lily@bullivant was it actually over 500k? that's way higher than other estimations i've seen but it's big if true
@lily That's the figure I saw. But, of course, estimating the size of crowds that size if fraught with difficulties.
Hugs4friends βΎπΊπ¦ π΅πΈπ·@lily It looks like 500,000 easily. A nicely intimidating turnout. Will Orban be impressed?He should be. @bullivant
@Tooden @bullivant i'm pretty sure the organisers said 200k during the speeches but that might not be entirely accurate either
so who knows
so who knows
Maikel πͺπΊ πͺπΈ@bullivant fuck Orban with a van.
Justin@bullivant really stress testing the load limit on that bridge!!
RejZoR@bullivant Homosexuality will exist whether they like it or not. It's not like they are fucking out in the streets, so who gives a shit what they are doing in their own bedroom. Just let them be. It's really not a difficult concept.
HighlandLawyer@rejzor @bullivant
But they might hug in public, or even... kiss! /s
At a railway or bus station, there is nothing so wonderful as seeing a couple joyfully reuniting, embracing and kissing the one they love after an absence. When it is a same sex couple, it is delightful to know that one is in a country where they feel safe & secure enough to express that love in public. #Confelicity
sebsauvage@bullivant
This is totally impressive
This is totally impressive
ZΜoΓ© β΅@bullivant despite the insane heat!! mad respect
saxnot@bullivant how does one even "promote homosexuality"?
It's part of the naturally occuring world.
That's like trying to stop the promotion of sunlight. it just falls from the sky. trying to stop it sounds like a battle already lost when picked
HyperSoop 
@saxnot @bullivant If what fascists are saying doesn't seem to make sense then it doesn't make sense.
EaterOfSnacks@soop @saxnot @bullivant Fachos are never reliable sources. If one told me it was raining I'd check for myself.
stefan@bullivant Thats awesome to see! 
I do wonder where that 500.000 is coming from. Reports I just read said the organizers said it were about 200.000
I do wonder where that 500.000 is coming from. Reports I just read said the organizers said it were about 200.000
@stefan I picked it up on social media. Happy to be corrected if other estimates are lower (Hungarian government/police, etc, not included). Whatever, it was a huge number in the face of threats and intimidation by Orban's cronies and thugs.
@bullivant its atleast the number I got out of some german media one being left media while the other is state financed media. Both say its about 200.000 according to the organizers of pride.
So it should be more true than that 500.000. I mean its from the organizers so there might be some error of being a bit more rather than smaller (I think?)
Seems to be a trustworthy number
So it should be more true than that 500.000. I mean its from the organizers so there might be some error of being a bit more rather than smaller (I think?)
Seems to be a trustworthy number
@stefan Fair enough Stefan.
madame poolhair@bullivant more of these please π₯Ίβπ»ππ»π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ