Hungarian lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at banning Budapest's annual Pride march, the latest in a series of measures under Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, which critics say curtail the rights of the EU country's LGBTQ community.

Orban's government has repeatedly criticised LGBTQ people and has gradually been rolling back on their rights in the name of "child protection" in recent years.

"We won't let woke ideology endanger our kids," the nationalist leader wrote on X.

Thousands of people chanting "We are not afraid!" rallied in central Budapest on Tuesday night to protest against the vote, which marks the latest setback to LGBTQ rights around the world.

Protesters also blocked access to a bridge in the capital.

Engineer Laszlo Donat, 40, told AFP that he joined the rally because "we've had enough in Hungary", adding that it was time to "restore democracy" by "replacing this... corrupt, gangster, mafia system".

The legislation -- drafted by Orban's governing Fidesz-KDNP coalition -- aims to ban the Pride march on the basis that it infringes on Hungary's much-criticised "child protection" law, making........

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