That's why I'm here today to stand up for our rights, for the people in Hungary who can't lead a life as well as we can." And that's why we always have to stand up for our rights. "There are gays, lesbians, bi, trans, inter, queer and so on and so forth. "Human rights are for all people, regardless of whether you are homosexual, bisexual, transsexual or anything else," Pride told the AP. Hungary fans appeared bemused by the reception and few, if any, stopped to accept flags.ĭrag queen Zoey Rachel Pride said she was outside the stadium to demonstrate for human rights. "We're here to protest the oppressive laws of Hungary against members of the LGBTQ community," demonstrator Julian Krusenberg told The Associated Press. The city referred to a law passed by Hungarian lawmakers last week that made it harder for youths under-18 to access LGBT information by making it illegal to share.
UEFA said it had to reject the request because of its political context as a criticism of Hungary. Other demonstrators simply turned up to protest UEFA's decision to decline the Munich city council's application to illuminate the stadium in rainbow colours as a protest against what it called Hungary's "homophobic and transphobic legislation." Supporters were met at the exit of the Fröttmaning subway station by a host of volunteers from groups including Amnesty International, CSD Germany and S'AG Munich distributing rainbow flags to people attending Germany's final Euro 2020 group game against Hungary.
MUNICH - Rainbow flags outnumbered German flags when soccer fans arrived for a European Championship game in Munich on Wednesday.