German government approves law to make legal gender change easier
www.euronews.com
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.
  •  Elise   ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) 
    4•1 year ago

    “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?

      •  Elise   ( @xilliah@beehaw.org ) 
        6•1 year ago

        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?