Great news. This will sadly also feed anti-EU sentiment among bigots in countries like Poland, Hungary, etc. Here to hoping it’s a net positive long term.
this is pretty significant!
does anyone know of EU countries where one can get something like a gender recognition certificate for nonbinary people, even if a person is just travelling there & isn’t ordinarily resident there? asking for a friend who is me 🤞😅
You can tell
your friendyourself that it is actually much rarer in the EU to have non-binary options for official documents than I thought. And those that do only have it for citizens or permanent residents. In Germany, for example, you have the option to put Diverse on your ID and other national official documents, but only if you have a medical certificate that confirms yourself as being intersex. So transgender people or other non-binaries are not included and do not have this option.That information is outdated. Anyone can change name and gender at their local registry office. You need to apply for it there, wait three months and then you can complete the paperwork for the change you want (female / male / diverse). You can also just delete the gender option for all your documents altogether.
This change in law was introduced in late 2024 (Selbstbestimmungsgesetz).
Thanks for correcting me. I was almost certain that I read something a while ago about the new Selbstbestimmungsgesetz but couldn’t remember if I had just imagined it. Yay, Germany. We’re making progress. It might be very slow and the AfD is growing at a worrying pace but at least, for the moment, we’re still progressing (unless our politicians are bribed by the automobile industry again)
i wonder if i could go there to apply, then spend the three month waiting period at home, then head back for the completed paperwork 🤔
either way, it’s a much better situation than nothing at all for nonbinary folks, like we have here in ireland!
(although hopefully the proposed amendments to our gender recognition act can be finally pushed through with this ruling 🤞)
