Hungary fines bookshop chain over picture book depicting LGBT families

Líra Könyv made to pay £600 for failing to clearly indicate the story featured ‘a family that is different than a normal family’A bookshop chain in Hungary has been fined for selling a children’s story depicting a day in the life of a child with same-sex parents, with officials condemning the picture book for featuring such families.The picture book, Micsoda család!, is a Hungarian translation combining two titles by US author Lawrence Schimel and illustrator Elīna Brasliņa: Early One Morning, which shows a young boy’s morning with his two mothers, and Bedtime, Not Playtime!, in which a young girl with two fathers is reluctant to go to sleep. Related: EU leaders to confront Hungary’s Viktor Orbán over LGBTQ+ rights Related: Hungary orders LGBT publisher to print disclaimers on children's book Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2021-07-08 12:09:32 UTC ]

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