The Hungarian bookseller was penalised under legislation restricting LGBT literature for under-18s.

Hungarian authorities have fined a bookseller for selling the Heartstopper comic books without closed wrapping - saying it breached a controversial law on LGBT literature for under-18s. The retailer was fined 12m forints (£27,400) for selling a Heartstopper book without wrapping it in plastic foil. Officials said the book depicted homosexuality and was sold to minors.

  • sndrtj@feddit.nlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Frankly absurd this is happening in an EU member state. What’s next, can’t sell My Little Pony because it has rainbows?