Germany Must Recognize ‘Third Gender’ From Birth, Court Rules

Nov 16, 2017 by

from Miloyiannopoulos.net:

Germany’s highest court declared that, no matter what financial burden it puts on the country, virtually all official forms must be remade to explicitly include a third option for gender, as the existing third option of simply leaving it blank was deemed discriminatory. 
 Leaving the field blank actually seems like the only appropriate response for someone without a gender.

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ordered the creation of a new term covering intersex people, using a “positive name for the sex” for birth certificates by the end of 2018, The Independent reported.

The ruling came after an intersex person, who is neither a female nor male due to a chromosomal abnormality, brought forward a legal challenge after attempting to change their registered sex to “inter”.

Authorities rejected the original application as under German civil law a child must be listed as male or female or leave the space blank.

Judges sitting in Karlsruhe ruled that the current requirements are incompatible with Germany’s constitution as they violate provisions on privacy and discrimination.

“The legislature [parliament] has until 31 December 2018 to create a new regulation,” the ruling said.

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