The Self-Determination Act is intended to make life easier for transsexuals. But at the last second a passage was dropped - the Union warned against misuse at IPPEN.MEDIA.
The traffic light coalition wants to pass the new self-determination law in the Bundestag on Friday (April 12th) A last-minute change is now fueling massive concerns among the CDU and CSU: New gender entries and names should no longer be automatically transmitted to the security authorities - unlike in the draft bill from Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) “This is of course a security risk,” warns Union faction deputy Andrea Lindholz (CSU) in an interview with IPPen. MEDIA. “Anyone who wants to consciously change their identity in order to go into hiding or something similar has the best options here,’ he adds. The SPD, Greens, and FDP factions that the government should present a draft on naming rights by the end of the year.