| Háttér Society | |
| Formation: | 1995 |
| Purpose: | LGBT rights |
| Headquarters: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Region Served: | Hungary |
| Website: | hatter.hu |
Háttér Society (Háttér Társaság in Hungarian, háttér means background) is an NGO representing LGBTQI people in Hungary. It operates a telephone hotline, a legal aid service, an HIV/AIDS prevention program and an archive. Besides its core activities, Háttér participates in research and training projects[1] and lobbies for the rights of LGBT people through legal change, including against the 2021 Hungarian anti-LGBT law. Háttér is a founding member of the Hungarian LGBT Alliance, and an active member of ILGA-Europe.
Háttér was founded in 1995.[2]
Háttér Society ran a survey of 2,000 people showing that 42% thought about suicide while 30% had attempted it. Suicide thoughts occurred mostly among teenagers, about 64% of respondents, Háttér said.[3] The Society has conducted other surveys and research, in part funded by ILGA Europe.[4] They have written shadow ("parallel") reports for the United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2015 and 2021.[5]
The Society's lobbying activities include efforts in 2017 to achieve inheritance tax equality for gay widows and widowers.[6] In 2018, Háttér Society released a short film intended for parents of gay children.[7]
After the Orbán IV government passed the Hungarian anti-LGBT law in 2021, Háttér and Amnesty International were among a group of NGOs condemning the law in a joint letter.[8] [9] [10] Háttér stated that discrimination and violence against LGBT people increased after the law was passed.[11]
Háttér Society runs its own archive, the Háttér Archive.