nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230221-233144-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230221s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230221-233144-0 doi eng 342 23 Polgári, Eszter Author aut Ignorance and Evil - The Hungarian Constitutional Court on Legal Gender Recognition for Trans People Polgári, Eszter Verfassungsblog 2023-02-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 2 February 2023, the Hungarian Constitutional Court published its long-awaited decision on legal gender recognition. For the first time, the Constitutional Court reviewed the provisions introduced into the Act on Registry Procedure in late May 2020 requiring the registration of the sex at birth (instead of sex) and banning any modification to that registry entry. With its decision, the Constitutional Court chose to remain concordant with the perceived political expectations, blatantly served the interest of the government majority, and echoed their fixation of biologically determined sex. CC BY-SA 4.0 Hungary LGBT Rights LGBTQ LGBTQI Rule of Law Trans rights Dombos, Tamás Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/ignorance-and-evil/ raw object