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azonos neműek külföldön kötött házassága

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. 

Az Európai Bíróság: igenis helyesbíteni kell a transz emberek nemét a hazai nyilvántartásokban

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.

[Kasznár Katalin - 24. Budapest Pride Felvonulás 2019]

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.

Újabb reménysugár: az Európai Bírósághoz fordul a Fővárosi Törvényszék a transz emberek nemének jogi elismerése kapcsán

The Court of Justice of the European Union held a hearing today in the preliminary ruling procedure on legal gender recognition for trans people.

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EUobserver
Date: 
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Speaker: 
Tamás Dombos

Leading up to the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, euobserver published an article about LGBTI rights around Europe, with a special focus on Hungary and Finland. Our input focused on problems related to education.

Speaker: 
Tamás Dombos

The German lesbian magazine L-MAG reports about the state of the Hungarian democracy in relation to the Forth Amendment to the Hungarian Fundemental Law. They also interviewed a colleague of our organisation.

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