Hungarian government imposed fine on LGBTQI+ friendly fairy tale book

Government authorities of the capital county imposed nearly €700 worth of a fine on the distributor of a storybook depicting rainbow families, published by the Rainbow Families Foundation.

The penalty imposed on the book titled “What a family!” was not based on the recently passed anti-gay law, rather because the book allegedly violated the law prohibiting unfair commercial practices, Telex reported.

The distributor of the book did not take into account the law, which would have required a special indication that the storybook included content different than expected, Pest county government commissioner Richárd Tarnai told Hírtv on Tuesday.

The incident echoes a case from earlier this year, when government authorities investigated the ”Wonderland is for everyone” fairy tale book on allegations of unfair business practices, accusing the publisher of failing to indicate that the tales “exhibit[ed] patterns of behaviour other than traditional gender roles.”