 Orban and his sycophantic cronies have fostered blatant societal animus against LGBTQ people, even though same-gender sex is technically not illegal in Hungary. Anti-bias protections based on sexual orientation are on the books. However, this Eastern European nation has its own version of Vladimir Putin's Russian no-promo-homo law and bans gender-affirming health care, legal gender change, and adoptions by queer couples.