Hungary’s far-right leader Viktor Orban immediately moves to strip away trans rights after being granted absolute power

[Guest]

Some really bad news from Eastern Europe! Hungary! The dictator Viktor Orban is attacking the trans community...

 

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/01/hungary-viktor-orban-trans-rights-bill-rule-decree-coronavirus-transphobia-gender-zsolt-semjen/?fbclid=IwAR2XpJtBJ823i-Q61ghV6NFb41a390gfO4pIqv4n_BAfLTi3L5GEUpD5g7k

[Jani]

Wow, seeing how he was granted these unlimited powers as a result of the pandemic, one has to ask what does this bill have to do with it?  The new bill "further states: “Given that completely changing one’s biological gender is impossible, it is necessary to lay it down in law that it cannot be changed in the civil registry either.”

Gender is not a biological construct but a mental and societal one.  Its how we feel about our bodies and minds, and how society views people.  Totally unacceptable, but what do you expect from an authoritarian ruler.    

[Maid In Bedlam]

 Perhaps Hungary needs to return to October 1956 and then October 2006  Then take a long hard look at itself.

 

From one extreme to another I think.

[Robin]

It would appear that the threat from a silly virus, that kills lots of people, is nowhere near as bad as the threat posed by people expressing their gender identity. 

 

At least, as yet, trans people have not been blamed for creating the coronavirus.

 

Robin.