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Berlin — Germany needs to change a person's name and gender under a plan presented by the government to abolish the controversial 1980 law that regulates the process. Reduce formalism.
Transgender, intersex, and non-binary individuals will be able to visit the local Citizenship Registration Office and change details in the future, according to the planned legal document.
Such individuals often have the time to submit a medical certificate or have two experts and one judge assess their gender, as is currently required. And you don't have to go through expensive court proceedings.
"Current law treats affected people as if they were ill. There is no good reason for this," said Justice Minister Marco Bushman. Said in a statement.
Family Minister Lisa Paus described the current transsexual law as "damaging" and "we finally abolish it and replace it with modern self-determination." ..
To protect young people, the new law allows individuals over the age of 14 to register their new name and gender themselves, but if parents do not support it, the court will change it. Can be rejected. (Report by Rachel, further edited by Tomasz Yanovsky)
