The news has spread in the Russian media that German citizens will allow you to change their floor once a year, and the law will affect both adults and children. We checked if it was true.
Dozens of Russian media Wrote About the new German bill, which will allow citizens to change half once a year. Many articles are especially MarkThat even children will receive such an opportunity. RIA Fan He writes: "The German government will allow children to change half once a year." And the headlines of articles "VK press" And "Morning South" It is reported that the "prosperous" Europe allowed children to change the floor twice a year. " This news also caused a resonance in social networks And messengers.
The news about the bill that allows you to change the floor annually according to a simplified scheme, appeared in the German media in February 2021, when draft The law leaked to ultra-conservative websites. The bill was not officially published, and the government commented that such discussions were underway, but in the near future the reform is not expected.
I got into the network document - “The bill on the abolition of the law on transsexuals and the introduction of the law on self -determination” is dated June 10, 2020. The first paragraph states that the new “Law on Self -Determination” (ZSO) is designed to replace "Law on transsexuals" (ZTS), who is over 40 years old. According to the document, the German Constitutional Court of the lower instance has already announced certain provisions of the ZTS unconstitutional six times. According to the current rules, a person who wants to change the gender and name must go to court and receive two expert estimates from psychotherapists appointed by the court. These forensic experts must confirm that the applicant:
- identifies himself with a floor, which is opposite to what was determined at birth;
- For at least three years, he had the need to live in accordance with his gender identity;
- With a high degree of probability, it will not change its sense of belonging to another floor.
This process is usually occupies several years and costs several thousand euros. Many consider the ZTS outdated, humiliating and discriminatory.
In May 2021, the Bundestag took place vote About the adoption of the ZSO. Of the 709 parliamentarians, 17% voted for, 64% - against, 19% abstained or absent. The two largest parties of the parliament are the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDPG) and the “Christian Democratic Union” (CDU/CSS) voted against. SDPG explained This is the fact that the bill needed refinement.
At the end of July 2022, at the Federal Press Conference, representatives of the two ministries of Germany again announced The plans to introduce the law on self -determination for consideration. Minister of Justice Marco Bushman (free democratic party of Germany) and Minister for Family Affairs, Elderly, Women and Youth Lisa Paus (Green Party) presented Concept, according to which any German citizen over 14 years old would have the opportunity to change the floor and name through a simple procedure in the registry office once a year. It is worth clarifying that it is only a change in the name and gender in the documents, and not about the surgical correction of the floor or hormonal therapy. According to the proposed law, parents will be able to submit an application for children under the age of 14. And from the age of 14, minors themselves will be able to contact the registry office, but also with the consent of legal representatives. The restriction “no more than once a year” should guarantee that a person makes a balanced decision. Bushman and Paus HopeThat by the end of 2022 the bill will be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers before it falls into consideration in the Bundestag. If he successfully passes the parliamentary procedure, the new procedure for changing the floor and the name can enter into force in the second half of 2023.
Nevertheless, several representatives of the Bundestag parties have already spoke out against. Andrea Lindholz from HDS/XSS saidthat the right of the annual floor change without any limiting conditions is absurd. And Stefan Brandner from the ultra -right party "Alternative for Germany" Added: "The laws of the Constitution should not ignore the laws of biology." Together, these two parties form 38% of the parliament.
Thus, the messages of most Russian media about the change of sex in Germany are mostly true - work on such a bill is really going on. Nevertheless, it is too early to categorically declare whether German citizens will be allowed to change half once a year and on what conditions. The authors of the bill are still They will have to Consultations with interested associations and the cabinet of ministers, and then consideration in parliament, where not everyone approves the simplified floor change procedure.
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