Just weeks after dropping their ban on gay and bisexual men from donating blood, a move which seemed unusually progressive, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s right-wing government have made a change in law which activists have said will push the country “back towards the dark ages”.
The new law, which was voted through the legislation by 134 to 56, defines gender as based on chromosomes at birth, and takes away the right of trans people to alter their gender and name on official documents.