BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is to cut the red tape involved in changing gender after the cabinet on Wednesday approved draft legislation to reform the ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSBERLIN - Germany is to cut the red tape involved in changing gender after the cabinet on Wednesday approved draft legislation to reform the rules, in a move welcomed by LGBT rights campaigners but criticised by the conservative opposition.
Under the reform, which will be put to parliament, transgender, intersex and non-binary individuals would be able to change their details in future simply with a visit to the local civil registry office. "Those affected were discriminated against for over 40 years by the Transexual Law. We are finally putting a stop to this," said family minister Lisa Paus.He said the legislation did not affect house rules at businesses, addressing concerns from critics that the reformed rules could make it easier for men to access female-only spaces.
"On the one hand, transgender people have of course earned respect ... but on the other hand they must afford this to others, for example if women in the ladies' changing rooms don't feel comfortable if a biological man enters," said Guenter Krings, a member of the conservative CDU who speaks for the party on justice policy.
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