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The Fifteenth amendment to the "granite-solid" Fundamental Law has arrived, further oppressing transgender people in Hungary. If their daily lives weren't hard enough, with another amendment Fidesz politicians would remove protection from discrimination and harassment based on gender identity from the Equal Treatment Act.

We are looking for interview participants who were previously targeted by anti-LGBTIQ+ hate crimes or discrimination; for our project ENACT: Enhancing the capacity of civil society organizations to support victims of anti-LGBTQI hate crimes.

You can apply if you have experienced violence or discrimination based on your sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, whether you reported the incident or not.

The project, which runs from March 2024 to February 2026, will be implemented with partners from Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Slovenia and Greece. The Legal Program of Háttér Society has been working since 2022 with the NGOs and academic institutions with which we are now embarking on a new two-year project. 

Following the shameful decision of the Hungarian Constitutional Court in February 2023, the Legal Aid Service of Háttér Society decided to turn to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to get legal gender recognition restored in Hungary. Nearly a hundred people responded to our call in February 2023, and as part of our strategic litigation, we have so far submitted over 70 applications to the ECtHR.