Hungary prohibits sex change on documents

(ANSA) - BUDAPEST, MAY 19 - Hungary has banned registration of gender change in marital status and legal recognition of gender identity of transgender people. A legislative amendment, which defines the genre for "birth and genome-based biological sex", has been approved by parliament, which two-thirds is controlled by the sovereign advisor, Viktor Orban.
    From now on, transgenders and intersex people in Hungary will not be able to change identity documents by changing their name and gender identity.
    "It is scandalous that Parliament has decided to adopt this heinous law in contrast to the concerns raised by dozens of civil society organizations and international organizations, including the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and various UN bodies," said Council member Tamas Dombos. of administration of the Hungarian AllianceLgbt: "We will use every legal way and to challenge this law in the Hungarian and international courts".