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Representative Sarah McBride, the first trans person in Congress, intentionally misgendered House Foreign Affairs subcommittee chairman Representative Keith Self after he first misgendered her in a meeting.
abcnews.go.com
Sarah McBride targeted in heated exchange about her gender in congressional hearing
Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., the first transgender person elected to Congress, faced attacks from her Republican colleagues, who have repeatedly misgendered her.
abcnews.go.com
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Hungary's parliament passes law to ban Pride events
New law would enable police to use facial recognition to track Pride attendance
Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees, continuing a crackdown by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing populist party on the country's 2SLGBTQ+ community.The law, supported by Orban's Fidesz party and their minority coalition partner the Christian Democrats, was pushed through parliament in an accelerated procedure after being submitted only a day earlier. The measure passed in a 136-27 vote.
It amends Hungary's law on assembly to make it an offence to hold or attend events that violate Hungary's contentious "child protection" legislation, which prohibits the "depiction or promotion" of homosexuality to minors under 18.
Attending a prohibited event will carry fines up to 200,000 Hungarian forints ($785 Cdn), which the state must forward to "child protection," according to the text of the law. Authorities may use facial recognition tools to identify individuals attending a prohibited event.
As the vote was held in Hungary's parliament in Budapest, opposition lawmakers ignited smoke bombs in the chamber, filling it with thick plumes of smoke.
Budapest Pride slams legislation
Budapest Pride, marking its 30th anniversary this year, is scheduled to take place on June 28.In a statement on Monday after lawmakers first submitted the bill, Budapest Pride organizers said the aim of the law was to "scapegoat" the 2SLGBTQ+ community in order to silence voices critical of Orban's government.
"This is not child protection, this is fascism," organizers wrote. "The government is trying to restrict peaceful protests with a critical voice by targeting a minority. Therefore, as a movement, we will fight for the freedom of all Hungarians to demonstrate!"
The Orban government has passed other laws over the years that rights groups and other European politicians have decried as repressive against sexual minorities.
In 2022, the European Union's executive commission filed a case with the EU's highest court against Hungary's 2021 child protection law.
The European Commission argued that the law "discriminates against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity." Hungary's government portrays itself as a champion of traditional family values and a defender of Christian civilization from what it calls "gender madness," and argues that its policies are designed to protect children from "sexual propaganda."
Aside from banning the "depiction or promotion" of homosexuality in content available to minors — including in television, films, advertisements and literature — Hungary's "child protection" law also prohibits the mention of 2SLGBTQ+ issues in school education programs, and forbids the public depiction of "gender deviating from sex at birth."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungar-pride-events-law-1.7486462
'I needed years of therapy over battle to change my sexuality' - BBC News
The government is drafting plans to outlaw conversion practices, with a Bill set to be introduced by the summer.
www.bbc.com
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Hungary's parliament amends constitution to ban 2SLGBTQ events
Legal scholars and critics call the move a step toward authoritarianism
Hungary's parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by 2SLGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government.The amendment, which required a two-thirds vote, passed along party lines with 140 votes for and 21 against.
It was proposed by the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition, led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Ahead of the vote — the final step for the amendment — opposition politicians and other protesters attempted to blockade the entrance to a parliament parking garage.
Police physically removed demonstrators, who had used zip ties to bind themselves together.
The amendment declares that children's rights to moral, physical and spiritual development supersede any right other than the right to life, including that to peacefully assemble.
Hungary's contentious "child protection" legislation prohibits the "depiction or promotion" of homosexuality to minors aged under 18.
The amendment codifies a law fast-tracked through parliament in March that bans public events held by 2SLGBTQ+ communities, including the popular Pride event in Budapest that draws thousands annually.
That law also allows authorities to use facial recognition tools to identify people who attend prohibited events — such as Budapest Pride — and can come with fines of up to 200,000 Hungarian forints ($769 Cdn).
Dávid Bedő, a lawmaker with the opposition Momentum party who participated in the attempted blockade, said before the vote that Orbán and Fidesz for the past 15 years "have been dismantling democracy and the rule of law, and in the past two or three months, we see that this process has been sped up."
He said as elections approach in 2026 and Orbán's party lags in the polls behind a popular new challenger from the opposition, "they will do everything in their power to stay in power."
Opposition lawmakers used air horns to disrupt the vote, which continued after a few moments. Hungary's government has campaigned against 2SLGBTQ+ communities in recent years, and argues its "child protection" policies — which forbid the availability to minors of any material that mentions homosexuality — are needed to protect children from what it calls "woke ideology" and "gender madness."
Critics say the measures do little to protect children and are being used to distract from more serious problems facing the country and to mobilize Orbán's right-wing base ahead of elections.
"This whole endeavour which we see launched by the government, it has nothing to do with children's rights," said Dánel Döbrentey, a lawyer with the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, calling it "pure propaganda."
Amendment also erases trans, intersex identities
The new amendment also states that the constitution recognizes two sexes, male and female — an expansion of an earlier amendment that prohibits same-sex adoption by stating that a mother is a woman and a father is a man.The declaration provides a constitutional basis for denying the gender identities of transgender people, as well as ignoring the existence of intersex individuals who are born with sexual characteristics that do not align with binary conceptions of male and female.
In a statement on Monday, government spokesperson Zoltán Kovács wrote that the change is "not an attack on individual self-expression, but a clarification that legal norms are based on biological reality."
Döbrentey, the lawyer, said it was "a clear message" for transgender and intersex people: "It is definitely and purely and strictly about humiliating people and excluding them, not just from the national community, but even from the community of human beings."
The amendment is the 15th to Hungary's constitution since Orbán's party unilaterally authored and approved it in 2011.
Facial recognition to identify demonstrators
Ádám Remport, a lawyer with the HCLU, said that while Hungary has used facial recognition tools since 2015 to assist police in criminal investigations and finding missing persons, the recent law banning Pride allows the technology to be used in a much broader and problematic manner.That includes for monitoring and deterring political protests.
"One of the most fundamental problems is its invasiveness, just the sheer scale of the intrusion that happens when you apply mass surveillance to a crowd," Remport said.
"More salient in this case is the effect on the freedom of assembly, specifically the chilling effect that arises when people are scared to go out and show their political or ideological beliefs for fear of being persecuted," he added.
Suspension of citizenship
The amendment passed Monday also allows for Hungarians who hold dual citizenship in a non-European Economic Area country to have their citizenship suspended for up to 10 years if they are deemed to pose a threat to public order, public security or national security.Hungary has taken steps in recent months to protect its national sovereignty from what it claims are foreign efforts to influence its politics or even topple Orbán's government.
The self-described "illiberal" leader has accelerated his long-standing efforts to crack down on critics, such as media outlets and groups devoted to civil rights and anti-corruption, which he says have undermined Hungary's sovereignty by receiving financial assistance from international donors.
In a speech laden with conspiracy theories in March, Orbán compared people who work for such groups to insects, and pledged to "eliminate the entire shadow army" of foreign-funded "politicians, judges, journalists, pseudo-NGOs and political activists."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungary-bans-2lgtbtq-events-1.7509816
UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex
- The UK Supreme Court rules that the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex
- Judges say the "concept of sex is binary" while cautioning that the landmark ruling should not be seen as victory of one side over another
- Transgender people still have legal protection from discrimination, the court adds - read the full 88-page judgement here
- The Scottish government had argued that transgender people with a gender recognition certificate (GRC) are entitled to sex-based protections, while For Women Scotland argued they only apply to people that are born female
- For Women Scotland says it's grateful for the decision after a "long road" of legal battles, while charity Scottish Trans urges people "not to panic"
- The ruling brings "clarity and confidence" for women, and services such as hospitals, refuges, and sports clubs, a UK government spokesperson says
I very much doubt that it will bring clarity or confidence, but then again, the Supreme Court is simply ruling on what the existing law says (and which Parliament can change at any time), unlike in the US, where SCOTUS apparently has the ability to make law just because they say they can.
In case anyone thought RFKjr would not also be taking shots at transgender rights...
www.erininthemorning.com
I gather that they've figured out how to filter for Bee Movie scripts and such, but I sincerely doubt that they've figured out how to filter out entirely legit-ish submissions that... don't result in worthwhile investigaton results.
HHS Launches Snitch Form to Report Gender Affirming Care Providers
The new HHS guidance encourages people to snitch on trans-affirming health care providers—including in instances that do not violate the law.
www.erininthemorning.com
I gather that they've figured out how to filter for Bee Movie scripts and such, but I sincerely doubt that they've figured out how to filter out entirely legit-ish submissions that... don't result in worthwhile investigaton results.
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One sentence in the article worries me.
The law of the land must be clear and unambiguous. Removing ambiguity is an urgent matter.
Cloud_Strife
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Genuinely thought i could avoid this bigoted anti trans horsehockey over here but apparently not
LLMs could be an infinite source of...uh...promising leads.
