Germany's transgender rights law takes effect – DW – 11/01/2024
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A German law making it easier to alter gender markers and names on official documents takes effect on November 1. Transgender, intersex and nonbinary people have welcomed the recognition, but conservatives are opposed.

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On November 1, Germany introduces a law making it easier to alter the gender marker and name on official documents. Transgender, intersex, non-binary people have welcomed the move but conservatives are opposed.

    • Squished Fly (she/they)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’m actually generally scared of the fact that the entire world seems to wander more into right-wing conservatism…

      My main hope is that parties like the AfD, the FPÖ (right-wing extremist party that won the election in Austria), Trump, … will see things like gender identity as more of a side issue in the world and not doing anything, neither good nor bad because they have “better” things to do. I have no clue how gender identity even became a political issue in the first place but it really needs to stop