Current Version
| Region | Hungary |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Aug 14, 1982 |
| End Date | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Description | Law-Decree No. 17 of 1982 on the Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths entered into force. Article 32 of this decree provided a general legal basis for rectifying birth registry data that did not correspond to reality. While this provision was theoretically applicable to any erroneous data, it did not explicitly mention gender identity or transsexualism. Consequently, the application of this law to gender recognition was inconsistent and depended entirely on individual administrative decisions without a standardized protocol or a guaranteed constitutional right. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20200506021320/https://transvanilla.hu/home/news/hungarian-government-bans-legal-gender-recognition https://web.archive.org/web/20150701065732/http://transvanilla.hu/nemvaltoztatas/a-nev-es-nemvaltoztatas-jogi-hattere-magyarorszagon https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233111/http://kettosmerce.blog.hu/2015/11/20/kategoriakba_zarva_transznemu_emberek_magyarorszagon https://unov.tind.io/record/1181 |
Revision History (2)
| Old Value (Original) | New Value (Current) | |
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| Start Date | 2003 | Aug 14, 1982 |
| End Date | Nov 15, 2016 | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Description | Since 2003, trans people were able to change their legal gender in Hungary but there was no legal procedure and in practice was under the condition of surgery being performed. | Law-Decree No. 17 of 1982 on the Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths entered into force. Article 32 of this decree provided a general legal basis for rectifying birth registry data that did not correspond to reality. While this provision was theoretically applicable to any erroneous data, it did not explicitly mention gender identity or transsexualism. Consequently, the application of this law to gender recognition was inconsistent and depended entirely on individual administrative decisions without a standardized protocol or a guaranteed constitutional right. |
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| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20200506021320/https://transvanilla.hu/home/news/hungarian-government-bans-legal-gender-recognition https://web.archive.org/web/20150701065732/http://transvanilla.hu/nemvaltoztatas/a-nev-es-nemvaltoztatas-jogi-hattere-magyarorszagon https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233111/http://kettosmerce.blog.hu/2015/11/20/kategoriakba_zarva_transznemu_emberek_magyarorszagon | https://web.archive.org/web/20200506021320/https://transvanilla.hu/home/news/hungarian-government-bans-legal-gender-recognition https://web.archive.org/web/20150701065732/http://transvanilla.hu/nemvaltoztatas/a-nev-es-nemvaltoztatas-jogi-hattere-magyarorszagon https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233111/http://kettosmerce.blog.hu/2015/11/20/kategoriakba_zarva_transznemu_emberek_magyarorszagon https://unov.tind.io/record/1181 |
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0 | Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | 2003 |
| End Date | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Description | Since 2003, trans people were able to change their legal gender in Hungary but there was no legal procedure and in practice was under the condition of surgery being performed. |
| Sources | https://web.archive.org/web/20200506021320/https://transvanilla.hu/home/news/hungarian-government-bans-legal-gender-recognition https://web.archive.org/web/20150701065732/http://transvanilla.hu/nemvaltoztatas/a-nev-es-nemvaltoztatas-jogi-hattere-magyarorszagon https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233111/http://kettosmerce.blog.hu/2015/11/20/kategoriakba_zarva_transznemu_emberek_magyarorszagon |