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August 17th, 2009

Second big official “outing” in Hungary may do little to mute gay stereotypes

sugars-daddy.jpgAs in much of the world, Hungary is going through an inevitably awkward process of coming to terms with the fact that a certain number of its politicians and high-ranking officials are gay or lesbian. While in most such cases the second or third such “outing” mostly serves to show how normal these folks are, Hungary’s latest might not. According to Gábor Szetey, in the person of László Sebián-Petrovszki (top), who runs the “operative affairs” of the cabinet office. But what makes Sebián-Petrovszki’s case unlikely to dull existing stereotypes is what led him to out himself: The listing of a popular entertainer – Bertalan Sugár (bottom) – as his partner on the asset declaration form officials like Sebián-Petrovszki need to fill out. Meanwhile, the incident again confirms that the world of politics is still years behind the entertainment business when it comes to openness about gender issues; Sugár came out way back in 2004.

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  1. budapestvet says:

    ” . . . László Sebián-Petrovszki (top) . . . ” and ” . . . Bertalan Sugár
    (bottom) . . . ”
    Hey politics.hu editors: we all want to know how you are
    discovering such intimate details.

  2. John Simpson says:

    You forgot to mention the majority of RTL Klub and TV 2 presenters!

  3. Robi says:

    Revealing the well known, grats! Sugar Berci is gay? Who would
    think? And he lives with a nobody a chinovnik from the
    government… big news. Seeing photos of the salon natzi Szájer
    and the self pointed liberal Gusztos socking cocks in Vienna or the
    “sprout” city, ( Bergengocia or whatever it’s called) on the cover of
    nepszabi and zsindex that would be a news!

  4. The Cold Hard Whatever. says:

    Political world behind the entertainment world in terms of acceptance of homosexuals!… Shock f***ing horror, what other revelation will you intrepid sleuthes find next?
    Pathetic, arrogant Hungarians. The reason you have such a problem with gays is because you actually have the arrogance to think they would want to have sex with you…
    And then you get offended and angry when they say they wouldn’t want to, beven though it is obvious that you are all ugly fucks anyway…
    Exception for the long suffering Hungarian women and gays. They are beautiful. Hungarian men, especially the “clean” ones, are horrible to be around and look at. No wonder your women want so much foreign cock.

  5. John Simpson says:

    Bread, Circus and Poofs!

  6. MrsMaryWhitehouse says:

    The police consider themselves lawmakers as
    opposed to upholders of the law?? (see below)
    The Budapest police (BRFK) “has acknowledged” the Hungarian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community’s Gay Dignity March across the central districts of the city set for Saturday, BRFK announced on Monday. “Each citizen has the right to express or demonstrate their opinion, even if it is different from the views of others,” BRFK said in a statement.
    The commie-financed police say and do anything
    their masters command.
    Jobbik, Magyar Garda, neo-Nazis, the jew-baiters brigade, Aunt Fanny’s Gestapo Band..etc etc
    All banned in Hungary on the grounds they hold different points of view?!
    Cynical police bullshit dribbles down the corrupt
    commie chain of command in return for high bonuses
    and gold medals. Fucking marvellous.

  7. Viking says:

    MrsMaryWhitehouse,
    Could you please mention a place on earth where the Police does not “say and do anything their masters command”?

  8. mokus says:

    Scariest thing about the gay parade? The Swedish football fans.

  9. Kane says:

    Yes there is Serpico