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| Transsexuals Act | |
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| German Bundestag | |
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| Citation | Transsexuellengesetz (TSG) |
| Territorial extent | Germany |
| Passed by | German Bundestag |
| Passed | 4 July 1980 |
| Passed by | German Bundesrat |
| Passed | 4 July 1980 |
| Signed by | President Karl Carstens |
| Signed | 8 September 1980 |
| Commenced | 1 January 1981 |
| Repealed | 1 November 2024 |
| Repealed by | |
| Self-Determination Act | |
| Summary | |
| German Federal Act on the Change of Gender and First Name in Civil Status | |
| Status: Repealed | |
The Transsexuals Act (German: Transsexuellengesetz, TSG) was a German federal law that allowed people who did not feel they belonged to their gender to change their first name and gender in their civil status.
To changed either name or gender, two independent medical court experts had to be commissioned by the judge. They were asked to evaluate, whether
- the person "does not identify with the birth-assigned sex/gender,[1] but with the other one",[2] and
- "feels a compulsion to live according to his/her ideas for at least three years",[2] and
- it is to be assumed with high probability, that the feeling of belonging to the other sex/gender[1] is not going to change".[2][non-primary source needed]
The law was repealed and replaced by the Self-Determination Act on 1 November 2024.[3][4]
- ^ a b The German word Geschlecht (the teminology used in the law) can be translated as either "sex" or "gender".
- ^ a b c "Bundesverfassungsgericht - Presse - Voraussetzungen für die rechtliche Anerkennung von Transsexuellen nach § 8 Abs. 1 Nr. 3 und 4 Transsexuellengesetz verfassungswidrig". www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Gesetz über die Selbstbestimmung in Bezug auf den Geschlechtseintrag und zur Änderung weiterer Vorschriften". Bundesgesetzblatt (in German). 21 June 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Germany: New Self-ID Act for Transgender, Intersex, and Nonbinary Persons Enacted". Library of Congress. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.