Hungary’s National Assembly on Monday passed an amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary that bans LGBTQ+ public events.

The change was adopted with 140 votes in favor of the amendment and 21 against. The amendment was initiated by Hungary’s governing far-right party, Fidesz -KDNP. Budapest Pride was banned last month after a fast-tracked bill was submitted to parliament, prompting protests. The ban was based on the 2021 Child Protection Law, which prohibits the “depiction or promotion” of the LGBTQ+ to children under 18. The amendment now constitutionally codifies the Child Protection Law.

The amendment also reinforces a constitutional basis to deny transgender people’s gender identity. It states that people can only be either male or female, mirroring US President Donald Trump’s similar executive order. The Constitution does not recognize gender reassignment, asserting that it is the state’s duty to uphold “natural order.” The measure also allows for the suspension of citizenship of Hungarians with dual or multiple citizenship in a non-European Economic Area country if they are deemed a public threat.

Government spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs released a statement on X arguing that “the amendment defines legal sex as immutable, stating that a person is either male or female and that this status cannot be legally altered” and that it is a “not an attack on individual self-expression, but a clarification that legal norms are based on biological reality.”

Hungary’s government has pushed against the LGBTQ+ community since 2021. Human Rights Watch had previously reported that LGBTQ+ individuals face discrimination and demonization, and the European Parliament in 2022 said that Hungary’s parliament can no longer be considered a “full democracy,” undoing freedom of expression and the rule of law, President Viktor Orbán has also been criticised. An April plenary session with the EU’s Parliament, Council and Commission in Strasbourg was set to discuss Hungary’s restrictions on the freedom of assembly and LGBTQ+ rights.