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Despite the police ban, this year's Pécs Pride was a complete success. The peaceful demonstration held for the acceptance of LGBTQ+ people and freedom of assembly was secured by the police in an exemplary manner – domestic human rights organizations acknowledged.
On June 3, the Hungarian Constitutional Court found that it is an unconstitutional omission that Hungarian law does not ensure the domestic recognition of same-sex marriages concluded abroad as registered partnerships. The Court called on the Parliament to fulfill its legislative duty by October 31, 2025.
According to the judgment rendered by the CJEU today, the GDPR obliges Hungarian authorities to correct personal data on gender identity where it is inaccurate, i.e. in all cases where the social reality and gender identity of trans people differs from their sex at birth. The absence of a procedure for legal gender recognition does not exempt Hungary from its obligations under EU law.
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.
![[Kasznár Katalin - 24. Budapest Pride Felvonulás 2019]](https://en.hatter.hu/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/kep/egyesuleti_hir/015-pride_0.jpg?itok=DTyoDZ-N "[Kasznár Katalin - 24. Budapest Pride Felvonulás 2019]")