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Miskolci Törvényszék: Alaptörvény-ellenes a transz emberek nemének jogi elismerését tiltó törvény

Miskolc Regional Court requested the constitutional review of Article 33, the law adopted in May this year that bans legal gender recognition in Hungary. The Constitutional Court has 90 days to rule on the matter. 

Fotó: Dudits Luca

Hungarian Minister of Justice submitted legislative amendments to the Parliament that stigmatize same-sex couples raising children and transgender people, making single-parent adoption and LGBTQI school education programs impossible.

Emberi Jogok Európai Bírósága: Magyarországnak is biztosítania kell a transznemű emberek nemének jogi elismerését 

A five-years long legal battle has been concluded at ECtHR today: the Court ruled that Hungary must allow legal gender recognition not only for Hungarians, but also for lawfully settled non-Hungarian citizens, such as refugees. The ruling comes two months after the Hungarian Parliament passed a law banning legal gender recognition altogether. 

Ádert nem zavarja az emberi jogok megsértése, aláírta a transzneműek nemének jogi elismerését ellehetetlenítő törvényt

The President of the Republic has signed the law that makes legal gender recognition impossible despite human rights concerns raised by domestic and international bodies.

Kasznár Katalin - 24. Budapest Pride Felvonulás 2019

Almost two years after the suspension of gender and name change requests, Parliament has passed a bill that prohibits the legal gender recognition of transgender people. Although the European Parliament, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and other international players opposed the bill, the Government did not refrain from introducing a law violating a constitutional fundamental right. LGBTI organizations have now turned to the President of the Republic asking him to send the law for review to the Constitutional Court.

ILGA-Europe Szivárvány Európa térkép

The legal situation of the LGBTI community in Europe worsened the most in Hungary in the last year, according to the Rainbow Europe map published by ILGA-Europe on Thursday. The suspension of legal gender recognition procedures and the lack of security at LGBTI events played the biggest role in Hungary falling from 19th to 27th place in just one year. The report also highlights hate speech by politicians.

Megszűnt a meleg és biszexuális férfiak hátrányos megkülönböztetése a véradás során

The Hungarian National Blood Transfusion Service has published that as of January 1, 2020, men who have sex with men (MSM) are allowed to donate blood, unless their sexual behavior is otherwise risky. The new regulation puts an end to decades of discrimination against gay and bisexual men.

Kasznár Katalin - 24. Budapest Pride Felvonulás 2019

22 months after the suspension of gender and name change requests, the government would now prohibit legal gender recognition of transgender people.

A szórakoztató videókat nem, az LMBTQI szervezetek oldalait blokkolta a Főpolgármesteri Hivatal - milliós bírságot kapott

The Equal Treatment Authority imposed a 3,000 EUR fine on the Mayor’s Office of Budapest for blocking access to LGBTQI websites from its local network. The Authority found that this conduct harmed not only the organizations whose websites had been blocked, but also the whole LGBTQI community.

Sajtóközlemény - Alkotmánybíróság: alapvető jog a transznemű emberek nemének jogi elismerése

The lack of legislation on legal gender recognition and related name change for foreigners permanently residing in the country is unconstitutional – ruled the Hungarian Constitutional Court. The petitioner, an Iranian trans man was represented by the legal aid service of Háttér Society.

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