![]() ![]() This is the fourth year of the Generation Change initiative, which recognizes young people tackling the world’s toughest problems through music, storytelling or digital media.īrianna Cayo Cotter, senior VP of social impact at MTV Entertainment Group, says the decision to honor LGBTQ activists this year was a “no brainer.” All Out has started a petition, which currently has 90,000 signatures from 100 countries, to pressure the European Union into changing Hungary’s position. “Our objective is to really bring international attention to this huge assault on civil and political rights of LGBTQ+ Hungarians,” Beard told Variety. Meanwhile, Matt Beard, executive director of New York and London-based advocacy org All Out, says that one of their goals is “to ensure that Hungary is held to account for the violations of LGBTQ rights.” And it also gives our community an opportunity to gain more visibility to talk about our issues and just show positive examples for all the young LGBTQ people in Hungary who really feel anxious and depressed about what’s going on in our country.” ![]() “It’s been unbelievable how many difficulties and hostilities we have had to in the past two years, and now that we are not smeared in the media harassed, but we are actually rewarded for what we do, it’s unbelievable,” says Radványi of the MTV award. ![]() ![]() The recipients were honored by actor and talk show host Drew Barrymore via a taped piece during the EMAs on Sunday, which were hosted by rapper Saweetie. The other honorees are Amir Ashour, the founder and chair of the board of IraQueer, Iraq’s first national LGBTQ+ organization Matthew Blaise, activist and founder of The Oasis Project, an organization that promotes positive representation of LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria Sage Dolan-Sandrino from the U.S., who creates art at the intersections of her identities as an Afro-Cuban queer and trans woman and Erika Hilton, the first Black trans woman ever elected to the state legislature in São Paulo, Brazil, who also serves as the president of the Human Rights Commission there. The award is conferred by MTV Entertainment and leading global LGBTQ+ advocacy group All Out. Radványi is one of five young changemakers recognized by the 2021 MTV EMA Generation Change Award for furthering equality and love while fighting against anti-LGBTQ+ policies. MTV decided to forge ahead with the event in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, with Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of MTV Entertainment Group Worldwide, confirming the company’s stance in a heartfelt memo sent internally to staff. And that is how the government entices fear and censorship within society using these tools.”īudapest, the capital of Hungary, was set as the venue for MTV’s annual European Music Awards (EMAs) two years ago, before the bill was passed. Several schools were smeared in big government propaganda media, because they heard that there was a discussion in that school about LGBTQ people. “And that’s what was happening right after the bill was passed. “So even though nobody has received a fine because of this bill, the censorship is still in effect, and what they are afraid of the most, besides the financial side, is smear articles in government propaganda,” says Radványi. ![]()
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