Hungary's New PM Magyar Pledges to Lift Orban-Era Gay Adoption Ban

In Budapest, a new chapter in Hungarian governance is quietly opening: Prime Minister Péter Magyar has pledged to dismantle a ban on same-sex couple adoption, a restriction that stood as one of the defining pillars of Viktor Orbán's social conservatism. The announcement arrives not merely as a legal adjustment, but as a signal — that a country long positioned at the edge of European norms on LGBTQ+ rights may be turning to face a different horizon. What remains to be seen is whether this single act of reversal is the first stone lifted from a larger wall, or simply one removed in isolation.