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. Registered partnerships are available for same-sex couples since 2009, but marriage is banned. Adoption is possible for single persons, or married couples, but not for couples in a civil partnership (i.e. same-sex couples). Discrimination on a basis of sexual orientation, or gender identity is banned in employment, housing, and military. It is legal in Hungary to change legal gender without gender reassignment surgery. There are several organisations advocating for LGBT rights in Hungary, the list can be found below.

  •  by ILGA Europe [in English].
  •  by ILGA Europe [in English].

LGBTQ map of Hungary

Resources

Books
  • Adam, B., Duyvendak, Jan Willem, Krouwel, André, & Krouwel, Andrâe. (2009).. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
  • Baker, C. (2016). .Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Baker, C. et al. (2007). . London: School of Slavonic and East European Studies UCL.
  • Béres-Deák, R. (2020). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Borgos, A. (2013). Between the sexes: Women’s history, sexuality-history] Budapest: Noran Libro.
  • Borgos, A  (ed.) (2011). Budapest: Labrisz Leszbikus Egyesület. Available in English translation:
  • Buyantueva, R. & Shevtsova M. (2020). . Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Csehy, Z. (2014).. Bratislava: Kalligram.
  • Downing, Gillett, Downing, Lisa, & Gillett, Robert. (2011).. (Queer interventions). Farnham: Ashgate.
  • Fejes, N., & Balogh, A. (2012).. Bristol: Intellect books.
  • Hanzli, P., Banach Nagy, M., & Halmai, B. (2015). .Budapest: Civil Művek Közművelődési Egyesület.
  • Kuhar, R. et al. (2007). . Ljubljana: Peace Institute.
  • Mole, R.C.M. (2021). . London: UCL Press.
  • Nagy, B. & Bölecz, L. (2020). . Budapest: Labrisz Leszbikus Egyesület.
  • Nádasdy, A. (2015). .Budapest: Magvető.
  • O'Dwyer, C. (2018).. New York: New York University.
  • Takács, J. (2018). . Budapest: Kalligram: MTA TK.
  • Takács Judit szerk. (2011) . Budapest: L’Harmattan Kiadó.
  • Takács Judit szerk. (2006) . Budapest: Új Mandátum Kiadó.
  • Takács Judit (2004) . Budapest: Új Mandátum Kiadó.
Periodicals
  •  - an initiative of the Hungarian Electronic Library (MEK) aimed at creating a bibliographic database and register of the Hungarian e-periodicals [in Hungarian and English].
  •  - Hungarian (academic) journals search engine provides direct links to articles where possible [in Hungarian and English].
Repositories
  •  - an institutional repository of the Corvinus University of Budapest. It contains research by CUB staff, including journal articles, book chapters, books, working papers, conference papers [in English].
  • [in Hungarian and English].
  •  from The European Institute for Gender Equality EIGE [multilingual].
  •  [in Hungarian].
  •  contains full-text publications of research projects, including the research on LGBTQ+ and gender [in Hungarian and English].
  • dzپDz'  on gender-related topics [in Hungarian].
Data and statistics
  • . FRA Europe [in English].
  •  by OSCE ODIHR [in English].
  • - Háttér Society in collaboration with the Institute of Sociology at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences conducted a survey research among LGBT people in Hungary  [in English].
  • , includes , ILGA Europe - a world survey of sexual orientation laws +  [in English].
Reports
  • .Háttér Társaság, 2017 [in Hungarian].
  • . MTA Szociológiai Kutatóintézet, 2007 [in Hungarian].
  • .ILGA Europe [in English].
  • . Reports,1997 - 2020 [in English].
  • . Másság Alapítvány, 2014 [in English].
  • . ILGA Europe Policy Paper, April 2004 [in English].
  • .Háttér Support Society for LGBT Peopleand the Inter Alia Foundation, September, 2010 [in English].
  • . Research Report. Budapest: Institute of Sociology, HAS – Háttér Support Society for LGBT People in Hungary, 2008 [in English].
  • Másság Alapítvány, 2014 [in English].
  • .Háttér Society, 2016 [in English].
News portals
  •  - newsportal including articles, movies, news etc [in Hungarian].
  • - a literary, cultural, public and lifestyle magazine that has been a gay-friendly intellectual forum since 2011 in the Hungarian press. 󲹲ԲԱ,,,and  accounts [in Hungarian].
Audio-visual
  •  [in Hungarian, English].
  •  [in Hungarian and English].
Digital libraries and archives

Libraries, archives:

  • - The online services of the National Archives of Hungary (MNL) and Budapest City Archives (BFL) can be accessed through the Digital Archives Portal. Here you can search in the combined databases of registry and digital contents of the archives, register as a researcher, submit document requests or contact our client services. [in Hungarian and English].
  • - The materials of the Háttér Archive on LGBTQI are used for research purposes by academic researchers. The online resources include: and [in Hungarian and English].
  • [in Hungarian and English] .
  •  [in Hungarian and English].
  • - includes  [in Hungarian and English].

Databases:

  • - a database that includes scientific and professional journals, weekly and daily newspapers, encyclopedias, and thematic book collections [in Hungarian and English].
  • - a copyright-free and community-based photo archive with over 100,000 photographs available for anyone to browse and download in high-resolution, free of charge [in Hungarian and English].
  •  - Hungarian Cultural Heritage Portal search engine [in Hungarian and English].

Online exhibitions:

  • - an exhibition about the past of gay community in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia [in English].
Organisations
  • was founded in 2004, with the goal of helping LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) men and women athletes in an environment where they don't have to hide their identity [English].
  • is the largest and oldest currently operating LGBTQI organization in Hungary. It has a wide range of publications about LGBTQ in Hungary. Their  profile [Hungarian, English].
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  • is an initiative which, apart from providing social space, reflects on the social position of lesbian and bisexual women in an organized form. The website contains interesting archival material, information about projects and events, and a forum. Their  channel [Hungarian, English].
  • is an organisation promoting positive LGBTQ image in Hungary. Their profile, and channel [Hungarian, English].
Other resources
  •  website [Hungarian, English].