Selbstbestimmungsgesetz für trans Menschen gescheitert
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Das oft kritisierte Transsexuellengesetz bleibt bestehen. Die Große Koalition lehnt im Bundestag ein Selbstbestimmungsrecht für trans Menschen ab.

Today, the German parliament voted on two proposals to replace the decades-old 'transsexual law' which requires intrusive psychological evaluations and thousands of Euros to perform a change of name and gender marker. The Social Democrats voted with the Conservatives and the Fascists against the Greens, the Left and (partly) the Liberals. Someone from the CDU even quoted the British High Court decision on puberty blockers as if that were relevant. Previously, the Conservatives had invited some quack into parliament to talk about how all trans people are fakers anyway.

It's not terribly surprising that the Social Democrats would betray their principles (days after posting a trans flag on Twitter lol), but I still find it disheartening to see this combination of opportunism, old-fashioned transphobia and imported British transphobia. Anyone got some thoughts or questions?

  • cumwaffle [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    social democrats get the wall first, and the german ones first first

  • LibsEatPoop [any]
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    4 years ago

    Jesus did they really tweet a trans flag and then pull this shit?

      • LibsEatPoop [any]
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        4 years ago

        I can't speak German but I'm guessing the comments made on that tweet in the past couple of hours are pretty scathing.

  • tetrabrick [xey/xem, she/her]
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    4 years ago

    sadly this happended yesterday too in spain word for word, the tweet and the british-imported trasphobia :trans-sad: :eu-cool: solidarity :solidarity: