MTV Europe Music Awards in Hungary set an example against discrimination

Budapest. To the displeasure of the Hungarian government, this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) showed a sign of tolerance towards non-heterosexual people. At the gala event in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, the “Generation Change” award went to the Hungarian activist Viktoria Radvanyi, who has long been involved in the organization of the “Budapest Pride” march, as reported by the Hungarian news portal “telex.hu” .

Other prizes went to artists such as Amir Ashour, Matthew Blaise, Sage Dolan-Sandrino and Erika Hilton. In the previous year, the award ceremony was only held in online format due to the corona pandemic. This time the event took place in a fully occupied sports arena.

Orban politics against LGBT

“All people are born the same. Period, ”said Radvanyi at the award ceremony. She thanked her partner and her fellow campaigners from the “Budapest Pride” association, which holds an annual demonstration to raise awareness of the discrimination against sexual minorities.

The right-wing national government of Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s policy is openly directed against homosexuals. That year she passed a law banning minors from finding out about non-heterosexual ways of life. The EU has therefore initiated further infringement proceedings against the country.

In the run-up to the EMA gala it was already announced that the LGBT movement (gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgender) should be honored with a prize. Orban’s Chancellery Minister Gergely Gulyas said that this event would be used as a “provocation against the government”.

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