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.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1892299
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1892298
Archived version: https://archive.ph/OHkEc
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230825150927/https://www.euronews.com/2023/08/23/german-government-approves-law-to-make-legal-gender-change-easier-for-trans-intersex-non-b
it's a step on the right direction, but the new law still leaves the door wide open, if not even encourages, discrimination. Basically the only thing that gets easier is to change what your ID Card says.
It even states that for example owners of bath-houses can still kick out customers who don't use the spaces of their biological gender.
Here is a Petition (in German) to demand further changes to the Law, also detailing more why the proposal is lacking. https://innn.it/jazuselbstbestimmung