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Transgender rights in the Federal Republic of Germany are regulated by the Selbstbestimmungsgesetz ("Self-determination law")[1] since 2024, and indirectly affected by other laws like the Abstammungsrecht ("Law of Descent").[2] The previous law concerning transgender people, the Transsexuellengesetz, initially required them to undergo sex-reassignment surgery in order to have key identity documents changed. This has been declared unconstitutional.[3] The Scholz cabinet has since replaced the Transsexuellengesetz with the Selbstbestimmungsgesetz ("Self-determination law"), which removed the financial and bureaucratic hurdles necessary for legal gender and name changes.[4] Discrimination protections on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation vary across Germany, but discrimination in employment and the provision of goods and services is in principle banned countrywide.
- ^ "Gesetz über die Selbstbestimmung in Bezug auf den..." BMFSFJ (in German). 2023-05-09. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
- ^ "Gebärende Männer sind Väter! Zeugende Frauen sind Mütter! BVT*-Stellungnahme zum Teilentwurf eines Gesetzes zur Reform des Abstammungsrechts · Bundesverband Trans*" (in German). 12 May 2019.
- ^ "ERT Notes Steps Taken Around the World Recognising the Gender Identity of Gender Variant Persons". Equal Rights Trust. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Eckpunkte für das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz vorgestellt" (in German). 30 June 2022.