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Transsexuals Act | |
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German Bundestag | |
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Citation | Transsexuellengesetz (TSG) |
Territorial extent | Germany |
Passed by | German Bundestag |
Passed | 4 July 1980 |
Passed by | German Bundesrat |
Passed | 4 July 1980 |
Signed by | President Karl Carstens |
Signed | 8 September 1980 |
Commenced | 1 January 1981 |
Repealed | 1 November 2024 |
Summary | |
German Federal Act on the Change of Gender and First Name in Civil Status | |
Status: In force |
The Transsexuals Act (German: Transsexuellengesetz, TSG) is a German federal law that allows people who do not feel they belong to their gender to change their first name and gender in their civil status.
To change either name or gender, two independent medical court experts have to be commissioned by the judge. They are asked to evaluate, whether
The law will be repealed and replaced by the Self-Determination Act on 1 November 2024.[3][4]