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Egy transznemű nő kérelmére indult eljárásban a Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH) megállapította: európai uniós jogot sért a transznemű emberek nemének jogi elismerését tiltó 33. §. A NAIH a jogszabály módosítására szólította fel a kormányt. 

AB: Alaptörvény-ellenes a transznemű emberek nemének jogi elismerését visszamenőleg betiltani

The Hungarian Constitutional Court annulled the provision of the Registry Procedure Act introduced by Section 33 which contained that the new rules prohibiting legal gender recognition shall also be applied to ongoing proceedings. 

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A lack of warning about “patterns of behavior deviating from traditional gender roles” appearing in a book violates the rights and interests of consumers - says the Hungarian Consumer Protection Authority. Háttér Society and Labrisz Lesbian Association will challenge the discriminatory ruling in court.

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.

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.

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