{"id":4519,"date":"2022-01-26T13:16:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=4519"},"modified":"2022-01-26T22:21:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:21:22","slug":"loud-proud-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/4519\/loud-proud-underground\/","title":{"rendered":"Loud, proud & underground"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sweating bodies, a sticky floor and music pumping across six floors. In Capella, you can feel the ghosts of youngsters pouncing up and down the stairs, their bodies matching the beat. Owned by a gay man, it was a safe place for LGBTQI+ people to dance through the night. But not anymore.<\/strong><\/p>\n The closing of Capella is just one example in a long line of policies and laws that make it harder for LGBTQI+ people in Budapest to exist safely and freely in their city. The most recent anti-gay law being the anti-gay propaganda law that was passed in June, 2021. And not without effect.<\/p>\n[aesop_gallery id=”4576″ revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n The social acceptance of LGBTQI+ people has never been higher in Hungary, but the number of hate crimes has also increased. Budapest is perceived as a liberal city where everybody can be themselves, compared to the conservative countryside. Discriminatory policies are starting to effect everybody.<\/p>\n In our mini-documentary Loud, Proud & Underground we dive into Budapest and meet a proud, gay man hurt by his government and look how anti-gay laws effect the society in Budapest.<\/p>\n\n[aesop_video src=”youtube” id=”eKaYDm1jc_k” width=”100%” align=”center” disable_for_mobile=”on” loop=”on” controls=”on” mute=”off” autoplay=”off” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” show_subtitles=”off” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With anti-gay laws and policies from the government, can the LGBTQI+ community in Budapest still flourish?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":4571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cbj","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n