▲ Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban


Hungary imposes restrictions on LGBTQ rights into the constitution.



On the 15th (local time), the Hungarian parliament voted a constitutional amendment that denied custody of same-sex couples, reports dpa and Reuters.



The revised constitution stipulates that the definition of a family is'a mother is a woman and a father is a man', effectively depriving same-sex couples of custody.



The constitution also included provisions to protect children's rights to sexual identity at birth and to ensure parenting consistent with constitutional values ​​and the Christian culture of Hungary.



Hungary has recognized equal rights as heterosexual couples by allowing'sex unions' instead of same-sex marriage.



However, with this revision of the constitution, it is expected that same-sex couples will no longer be able to adopt children.



This revision of the constitution was led by the ruling ruling party'Pides' led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who tends to be far right.



Fides is a majority party with 117 seats out of a total of 199 seats.



Prime Minister Orban, who has been in office for three consecutive years since 2010, and has been in office for a long time for 10 years, has been criticized by related civic groups for his hate speech against LGBTI people and the successive legislative restrictions on their rights.



When controversy arose over children's books with gay characters in October, he expressed his blatant resentment, saying, "Do not touch homosexuals with children."



In May, he also moved Pides to legislate a law banning the change of gender on transgender birth certificates.



Human rights groups are strongly opposed to Hungary's constitutional amendment.



The international human rights group Amnesty International in Hungary issued a statement and criticized it as "to the LGBT community and in terms of human rights, today is a dark day."



'Transgender Europe', which protects the rights and interests of transgender people, also stressed that "the health and safety of transgender people in the hostile environment of Hungary is very concerned," and emphasized that the EU should pay more attention to the issue of LGBT people in Hungary. 



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