According to news wire MTI, the groups identified joint adoption and legal recognition for both parents in same-sex families as priorities.

Magyar said in recent days that he was willing to discuss changes to the legal framework governing same-sex marriage and adoption. He also pledged that decisions on who can adopt would be made by experts rather than politicians, guided by the best interests of the child.

Áron Demeter, communications director of Amnesty International Hungary, described the statements as encouraging for an organization campaigning for marriage equality. He welcomed Magyar’s position that “love and the right to love are fundamental rights.”

Demeter called for the prompt repeal of legislation adopted under the previous Orbán governments that restricts the rights of sexual minorities.

“Only then could marriage and adoption become possible for same-sex couples,” he said, adding that the issue had majority public support.

While concrete policy details have yet to emerge, Demeter said Amnesty International Hungary would gladly share its experience with the government. The organization has already submitted a policy package outlining steps toward LGBTQ+ equality.

The Labrisz Lesbian Association also welcomed the pledge to place adoption eligibility decisions in the hands of experts. Representative Mária Kristófi, who is also a member of the Hungarian LGBTQ+ Alliance, said the organization was engaging with the relevant ministries.

Under the current rules, same-sex couples cannot jointly adopt, even if they are in a registered partnership, Kristófi said. Consequently, only one partner can be legally recognized as a parent, leaving the other without a legal relationship to the child.

Labrisz also called for the removal of restrictions preventing lesbian women from accessing artificial insemination. Kristófi urged changes to rules barring legal name changes for transgender people and the repeal of amendments to assembly legislation targeting LGBTQ+ people.

Tamás Dombos, executive director of the Háttér Society, said a significant shift in government rhetoric was evident, with increasingly frequent statements supporting equality and promises to repeal discriminatory rules introduced in 2021.

He identified joint adoption for same-sex couples as the most important reform. In recent years, he said, the legal environment had prevented LGBTQ+ applicants from adopting, with applications rejected at the guardianship authority level.

Dombos reported a change in the authorities’ approach since the election, saying ministerial approval had been granted in recent weeks for adoptions involving applicants living in same-sex partnerships.

Márton Pál, a trustee of the Rainbow Families Foundation, said the most urgent problem was the lack of legal recognition for both parents in same-sex families. If the legally recognized adoptive parent dies, the surviving partner has no legal relationship to the child, leaving children at a disadvantage, he said.

Pál also argued that same-sex couples were more open than heterosexual couples to adopting children from minority backgrounds or those with illnesses.