German government approves law to make legal gender change easier for trans, intersex, non-binary
German government approves law to make legal gender change easier for trans, intersex, non-binary
The proposal, which will get rid of the 1980s requirement for two psychological assessments, will make it easier for trans, intersex, and non-binary people to legally change name and gender in the country.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The proposal, which will get rid of the 1980s requirement for two psychological assessments, will make it easier for trans, intersex, and non-binary people to legally change name and gender in the country.
The German government approved the proposal for a new law of self-determination on Wednesday making it easier for individuals to legally change their name and gender, answering a long-held request by the LGBTQ+ community in the country.
If introduced, the reform would allow trans, intersex, and non-binary people in the country to change their name and gender in the government registry offices with a simple procedure that involves submitting a self-disclosure form.
The currently existing law dates back to the 1980s and requires those wanting to change their name and gender to submit two psychological reports with a district court making the final decision - treating the whole issue like an illness.
The proposed "Self-Determination Act" - a flagship of Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government - has yet to be submitted to the country's Parliament for approval.
If passed, the law will allow Germany to join a list of a few countries in Europe that have already embraced the legal principle of self-determination, includingBelgium, Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg and Denmark.
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"The very name of the self-determination law suggests that one should choose one's sexual identity freely. For the majority of the population, this identity is not in question", politicians from the conservative CDU-CSU said, accusing the coalition government of going "too far in their extreme and sweeping approach".
This confuses me, can anybody help me understand?
Also what a strange idea to include a court in the old process. What could a court possibly do? Like do they question the person or something?
Yes, they ask about your masturbation practices, no joke.
I'm actually not surprised at all.
When I was ill in Germany I had no choice but to fill out a form that was specifically designed to ask me whether I was having sex with my roommate.
There was a substantially large open field for answering why I was not having sex with them. I mean... What should you even fill in there? What a strange question and what could the purpose possibly be.
Also the insinuation that sex means you're in a relationship... That's kinda sick in some way. I mean why don't they just ask whether you're partners or not.
Sometimes I wonder if anybody in Germany realizes what the fuck is written in the constitution. Like oh if you're ill or lgbtq the rules don't apply.
But any way do you have some more info on that process maybe?
The court does what a court is supposed to do: hear the arguments and determine if your case is meeting the requirements for the law to apply. Let's be honest, that was just to make the process more difficult... The old law was inhumane. That's why change was in order.
And for the quote part: the article pretends that it's a quote and then attributes it to multiple people (how did that happen? Did they speak all at once or something?) without even naming them. This does not give me confidence in the translation. I might get what the argument was supposed to be, but I'm not going to give it any interpretation at this point.
Isn't really as good as it sounds. Requires sending your documents to three different agencies that don't need them.
Where so you get that from? That's not true.