David Pressman describes personal experience in speech condemning Viktor Orbán’s legal and rhetorical attacks
Pressman was originally scheduled to give his speech at the Hungarian parliament building, but was blocked by a senior member of Orbán’s ruling party.Pressman was originally scheduled to give his speech at the Hungarian parliament building, but was blocked by a senior member of Orbán’s ruling party.
In a deeply personal speech, Pressman – who is gay and raising two children with his partner – described his own experience of being stigmatised in Hungary.“At a Pride march organised by Hungarians in Pécs last year, I walked alongside a friend, fellow ambassador, and fellow parent,” he recalled. The US ambassador noted that he was originally scheduled to give his speech at the Hungarian parliament building but was blocked by a senior member of Orbán’s ruling party.
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