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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Slovakia on brink of blocking legal recognition for trans people

Trans flags with transgender symbol
Trans people have had legal gender recognition in Slovakia for more than 40 years, which would be removed by proposed law. Photograph: Andrew Baumert/Alamy

Slovakian MPs are under mounting international pressure to reject a bill that would see the country follow Hungary in effectively putting a stop to decades of legal gender recognition for transgender people.

A vote is expected in parliament within days on a law proposed by conservative and far-right parties that would require someone to have the “correct” set of chromosomes to match their legal gender.

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