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Heartstopper: Hungarian retailer selling graphic novel fined under LGBT law

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The Hungarian bookseller was penalised under legislation restricting LGBT literature for under-18s.

Heartstopper: Hungarian retailer selling graphic novel fined under LGBT law

Hungarian authorities have fined a bookseller for selling the Heartstopper comic books without closed wrapping - saying it breached a controversial law on LGBT literature for under-18s. The retailer was fined 12m forints (£27,400) for selling a Heartstopper book without wrapping it in plastic foil. Officials said the book depicted homosexuality and was sold to minors.

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