Germany: ”From now on, people will be able to directly choose their gender” - 15,000 people apply for new law in one month

The German government has announced that a law allowing people to change their gender identity and register it without the need for a court order has come into force on the 1st (local time).
The new law was created in April after criticism that the existing gender reassignment law violated the human rights of sexual minorities.
The German government has decided to implement a kind of deliberation period to prevent hasty decisions, and will begin the process of changing gender from three months before the law goes into effect.
Germany has become the 17th country to allow people to decide their own gender. "We are grateful to LGBTQ people for their patience and understanding," said Sven Lehmann, the federal queer official.
"The number of pre-applications shows how successful the move is," he said. "We have finally joined a group of countries that do not pathologize transgender people. This is an important day for human rights and democracy."
The new law allows people to change their gender by simply declaring themselves male, female, or LGBT to the registry office. People can register regardless of whether they have undergone sex reassignment surgery.
It has also been pointed out that the new system to protect the human rights of sexual minorities threatens the safety of women and young people.
In a letter to the German government, the group warned that "there is no mechanism to prevent abuse by sexual predators and violent perpetrators," and that violence in gender-segregated spaces such as prisons, locker rooms and toilets could become even more serious.
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