European Court Overrules Hungary’s Anti‑Gay Law

The European Court of Justice has struck down Hungary’s 2021 law that banned media or information about transgenderism and homosexuality aimed at minors, finding such restrictions discriminatory and incompatible with the EU’s protections of dignity and non‑discrimination. The decision forces a clash between EU human‑rights jurisprudence and nationalist, democratically elected governments that used child‑safety to justify content bans. — This concretely accelerates a Europe‑wide debate over whether supranational courts can and should override domestic cultural legislation, with implications for sovereignty, electoral politics, and the use of 'child protection' as a legal rationale for speech restrictions.