A government office in Hungary levied a hefty fine against a national bookseller over a LGBTQ graphic novel, saying it violated a contentious law that prohibits the depiction of homosexuality to minors.
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The bookseller, Lira Konyv, is Hungary’s second-largest bookstore chain. It was fined 12 million forints for placing the popular “Heartstopper” by British author Alice Oseman in its youth literature section, and forThe Budapest Metropolitan Government Office, which issued the consumer protection fine, told state news agency MTI that it had conducted an investigation into the store’s selling of the title.
Hungary’s government insists that the law, part of a broader statute that also increases criminal penalties for pedophilia and creates a searchable database of sex offenders, is necessary to protect children. But it is seen by critics of the country’s right-wing government as an attempt to stigmatize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
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