Czech President calls transgenders 'disgusting' amid furore over Hungary's anti-LGBT law

While discussing a controversial new law in Hungary regarding LGBT content, Czech President Milos Zeman called trans people "disgusting". In an interview with CNN Prima News, Zeman defended Hungarian PM Viktor Orban over furious international reaction to new law and said that interference in internal affairs of any European Union (EU) country is a gross political mistake. He furr went on to describe trans people as “intrinsically disgusting” and added that he does t see a reason t to agree with Hungarian PM. 

"I do t see a reason t to agree with him," Zeman said.

He later added: "I can understand gays, lesbians and so on. But do you kw who I do t understand at all? se trans people”. Zeman described trans people as "intrinsically disgusting to me”. 

Clash over anti-LGBT law

Zeman’s comments came as a majority of EU leaders clashed with Hungarian PM over new legislation in his country that will ban showing content about LGBT issues to children. law prohibits sharing content on homosexuality or sex reassignment to people under 18 in school sex education programs, films or advertisements. government says it will protect children, however, critics say it links homosexuality with paedophilia. It will enter into force in 15 days.

Hungarian PM has already ruled out withdrawing law and insisted that it does t target homosexuals. However, a majority of EU leaders told Orban that new Hungarian law goes against 27-bloc’s fundamental values and furr also insisted that discrimination must t be tolerated. Belgian PM Alexander De Croo told Orban that “Being homosexual is t a choice; being homophobic is”. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in a strident remark suggested that Hungarian PM activate same clause in bloc’s treaty that Britain used to leave if he is t happy with bloc’s principles. Rutte even told reporters that for him, “Hungary has place in EU anymore”. 

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, who is openly gay, said Hungarian law furr stigmatizes homosexuals and should be fought. EU leaders have called on Ursula von der Leyen’s commission, which watches over respect of EU laws, to take government in Budapest to European Court of Justice over bill. commission has already taken first step in legal action. Brussels sent a letter to Hungary’s justice minister seeking “clarifications, explanation and information” about elements of bill. It said that some provisions appear to “directly violate prohibition of discrimination based on sex and on sexual orientation,” and would put homosexuality, sex change and divergence from self-identity “on same footing as porgraphy". 

(With inputs from ANI)