2023-11-03 17:18:53
Opinion homophobia
A helpless attempt at censorship
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Al Enriquez from the photo series “Golden Gays”
Quelle: Hannah Reyes Morales for The New York Times
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The exhibition of the winning images from the “World Press Photo” travels around the world every year. In Hungary, visits for young people under the age of 18 have now been banned. What is the purpose of this?
When the winning pictures of the “World Press Photo“ have been decided and announced, the award-winning pictures will go on tour in large format. Every year they travel around the world as a small contribution to freedom of the press and to show people a part of reality.
It is a bitter irony that the exhibition currently in Budapest is not accessible to people under 18 years of age, not even when accompanied by an adult. This is due to a law passed in Hungary in 2021 that is officially intended to protect children. Minors are not allowed to see depictions of “sexual propaganda” – this includes images with an LGBTQ context.
Image from the Golden Gays photo series for The New York Times by Hannah Reyes Morales
Quelle: Hannah Reyes Morales for The New York Times
The reason for the entry ban is a series of pictures by the photographer Hannah Reyes Morales. She visited a group of gay men in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Back in the 1970s, a human rights activist founded a kind of shared apartment for these people, known as… „Golden Gays“ appear in women’s clothing and identify primarily as women even off stage.
Seen in the photo and behind the curtain is Al Enriquez. He was 86 years old at the time of the photo. The report appeared in the magazine at the beginning of January „New York Times“. Enriquez lives in this commune, which was once founded to provide a home for those rejected by society. There are no jobs for people like Al Enriquez; he sells cigarettes and sweets to make a living. In the shows that the “Golden Gays” perform in shopping centers, for example, he becomes Carmen de la Rue.
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The Hungarian government doesn’t want young people to see these pictures, at least not in the National Museum. Nothing about them is offensive or disturbing. But the ban means they are classified that way. What the images succeeded in giving a group of people the dignity that was long denied them is intended to reverse this partial censorship. There is no need to explain how helpless this ban is. All you have to do is open your eyes.
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