EU urged to act against Hungary

EU urged to act against Hungary as Viktor Orbán pushes ahead with ‘evil’ plan to devastate trans rights

The EU has been urged to take action against Hungary’s far-right leader Viktor Orbán as he moves to strip away trans rights as part of a pandemic power grab.

Last month Orbán was granted the right to rule by decree indefinitely, meaning he no longer needs to consult other lawmakers before making decisions. On the very same day his deputy introduced a new bill which, if passed, will replace “gender” with “birth sex” in all legal documents issued in the country.

According to the first draft, people’s sex would be recorded “at birth”, making it impossible to later change this status. The effect would be to legally erase Hungary’s transgender community, and it’s already driving them to suicide. European Union MEPs have formally condemned the move as “intentional abuse,” but with the bill continuing to be discussed in parliamentary committees, international LGBT+ activists groups are calling on the EU to take definitive action.

Human rights group says EU must act against ‘autocrat’ Viktor Orbán. “Viktor Orbán is using the COVID-19 health crisis as cover to push through discriminatory legislation that will be devastating to the lives of transgender people in Hungary,” Graeme Reid, director of LGBT+ rights at Human Rights Watch told The Independent.

“It is typical of the autocrats playbook, to consolidate power by attacking the most marginalised. The EU should act.

Source: PinkNews

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