Orban's inability to prevent last year's Pride protests--attended by [100k] despite being banned--was a turning point.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️
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Orban's inability to prevent last year's Pride protests—attended by [100k] despite being banned—was a turning point in his authoritarian grip of the country.

Queer people are always leading the fight against authoritarianism, as we are often its first targets. Never cower to fear.

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4:35 PM · Apr 12, 2026

Orban's inability to prevent last year's Pride protests—attended by 300k despite being banned—was a turning point in his authoritarian grip of the country.

Queer people are always leading the fight against authoritarianism, as we are often its first targets. Never cower to fear.

— mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ (@mady.cat) 2026-04-12T20:35:12.176Z

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️
‪@mady.cat‬

Minor correction/misspeak--the protests were around 100k, which is still a huge number for a banned event.

But it's not an exaggeration to say that queer organizers defeating Orban's crackdown on Pride last year showed that his power could be defeated with enough solidarity and defiance.

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7:34 PM · Apr 12, 2026

Minor correction/misspeak--the protests were around 100k, which is still a huge number for a banned event.

But it's not an exaggeration to say that queer organizers defeating Orban's crackdown on Pride last year showed that his power could be defeated with enough solidarity and defiance.

— mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ (@mady.cat) 2026-04-12T23:34:19.249Z