Hungary wants to curb pension rights of transgender women
From a hefty fine on a bookshop for selling a novel on which a hit Netflix series is based, to curbing the pension rights of transgender women, Hungary is toughening measures against the LGBTQ community, long a target of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Meanwhile, a new government amendment is seeking to exclude transgender women from pension rules that allow women to retire earlier than men.
“It is inconceivable that those who suddenly identify as women after 39 years of working as men would profit from a system designed to recognise the remarkable role of women in society,” the bill says.
The bill is seen as a reaction to a recent decision by a court in the western city of Veszprem, which allowed a transgender woman, Elvira Angyal, to qualify.
Orban’s ruling Fidesz party immediately denounced the court’s decision as “a provocation”.
LGBTQ rights group Hatter said the amendment would “worsen the situation for some transgender women, further exacerbating the discrimination and exclusion faced by transgender individuals in Hungary.”
“This does not protect Hungarian women but proposes adopting a rule that violates European norms for ideological reasons,” said Hatter, which supported Angyal in her legal battle.
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