Hungary votes to end legal recognition of trans people

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Hungary votes to end legal recognition of trans people

Activists say new law will increase discrimination, especially as Hungarians must often display their ID cards

Shaun Walker in Budapest
Tue 19 May 2020 16.37 BST
Last modified on Tue 19 May 2020 16.46 BST

Hungary’s parliament has voted to end legal recognition for trans people, passing a bill that rights activists say pushes the country “back towards the dark ages”.

The new law defines gender as based on chromosomes at birth, meaning previous provisions whereby trans people could alter their gender and name on official documents will no longer be available.

The votes of rightwing prime minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party pushed the legislation through by 134 to 56, with four abstentions. It is likely to be signed into law by the president, János Áder, a close ally of Orbán.

Although Orbán passed a bill during the coronavirus pandemic to allow him to rule indefinitely by decree, the transgender bill was part of a larger package of legislation that went through parliament in the normal way. It was proposed by the deputy prime minister on 31 March, International Transgender Day of Visibility, and amendments submitted by opposition parties were discarded one by one on Tuesday.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/19/hungary-votes-to-end-legal-recognition-of-trans-people

[qazplm135]

1. I'll never understand why they care so much

If people just focused more on their own lives, this world would be a much better place. Someone being trans, or gay, or straight, or anything affects your life not one iota. Why take away from other's lives that don't affect you at all?

[Mopar151]

2. The same rationale covers bullying, too.

It is the place of the Alpha, to enforce social "norms". Anyone falling outside those norms, is to be dealt with in the harshest possible manner, to discourage other "deviants".
The crux of the problem, is that "Alphas" are generally poorly equipped to define these "norms", as they tend to see themselves as the "ideal".

What most of us want to know, is an age-old question: Who the f*&^ died, and left the "alphas" Boss?