This is my concern about this law. What happens if a thirteen year old boy discovers that he’s gay? No, what if he starts having feelings towards the same sex? He’s going to need answers because, due to the fact that he’s at the early stage of puberty, he cannot process these thoughts. Obviously, he will not be able to turn to a teacher for advice, but what about his parents. If his parents are homophobic, then he’d have to keep these feelings to himself until he’s 18 and legally old enough to do his own research on this. And what if his parents are just ignorant about homosexuality? How are they supposed to help him? Obviously they’re not going to buy their 13 year old son a book that is "adults only" unless they’re the kind of parents to let their son play Grand Theft Auto or watch South Park. That kid is stuck in arrested development until he’s 18, which can’t be good for him. Worst case scenario, the boy might turn to sites like Reddit or Tumblr and become a woke idiot as a result. What the Hungarian government has done is effectively swept this issue under the rug, whereas what they should have done instead is pass a law dictating how homosexuality could be discussed in secondary schools and in children’s media; that way gay teenagers can get the information they need and also be protected from neoliberal or woke indoctrination.

Plus, there’s the implication that the authorities see being gay in itself as being inappropriate for children, which is going to have a negative impact on gay children and their parents who trust the government and the authorities; the only gay kids and parents of gay kids who won’t suffer from this law are the type of people who oppose the current Hungarian government, or people who are like me who don’t trust governments and authorities at all. Let me tell you something: learning not to trust the government, the police, colleges, other public authorities and the political system has been psychologically freeing for me. I’d have no issues if I lived in Hungary as a result. But most people trust these authorities, they don’t see the corruption, or they see the government as the solution. Gay person with this mentality is unlikely to be truly happy if he lives in a country like Hungary. Especially if most of his family and community have this mentality.