Luftschlosseule Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Just grabbed the first englisch link I could find. I first heard last year on my local pride parade about a person called Vanya trying to get people see that we need a third gender option for official documents. Around last year it was decided that the documents for an intersex child should just leave a blank instead of forcing a decision between male and female, and thus create legal grounds for operations and hormonal treatment in some cases not even the parents were asked about. This raised concerns, because when travelling, it was feared that people might get subjected to forced medical examinations to determine sex. So the court that deals with constitutional issues decided that till the end of next year, we need a proposition for a new law regarding a third option, an official honorific and the pronouns that are to be used for the people of said gender. Now, LGBTQ+ organisations are trying to educate people about non-binary persons and that this law should not only be for intersex humans, but for all that don't fall in the binary catgeories. It's going to take a while, but it appears that Germany is the first European country in which this decision was made, and anyways, bureaucracy is slow and has always been. Let's hope for the best! Link to post Share on other sites
Ankh-Morpork Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Hey, that's really great! I hope that your government will find a good solution to include the 3rd gender option into existing laws and make it open for people with a non-binary identity, too. btw: The decision of the German Bundesverfassungsgericht has already caused two Austrian parties to announce a legislative initiative for a 3rd gender. Even if it won't succeed, chances are high that our constitutional court will return a similar decision. (There's a pending case which will very likely be decided in the next couple of months.) Link to post Share on other sites
Lichley Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 If Germany starts to use the third gender option then hopefully it will spread to other European counties too, so that they can look progressive and we can have a third gender option, it's a win-win if you ask me Link to post Share on other sites
scarletlatitude Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 Moving this to the gender forum scarletlatitude World Watch mod Link to post Share on other sites
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