Article 5M05J Hungary fines bookshop chain over picture book depicting LGBT families

Hungary fines bookshop chain over picture book depicting LGBT families

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Alison Flood
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Lira Konyv made to pay 600 for failing to clearly indicate the story featured a family that is different than a normal family'

A bookshop chain in Hungary has been fined for selling a children's story depicting a day in the life of a child with same-sex parents, with officials condemning the picture book for featuring such families.

The picture book, Micsoda csalad!, is a Hungarian translation combining two titles by US author Lawrence Schimel and illustrator Elna Braslia: Early One Morning, which shows a young boy's morning with his two mothers, and Bedtime, Not Playtime!, in which a young girl with two fathers is reluctant to go to sleep.

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