Today, the deputy for the Greens in the Bavarian regional legislature is setting her sights even higher with a run for the national parliament. However, she has not yet legally changed her name in protest against the administrative hurdles in place for transgender people. Ganserer said the law governing such name changes dates from the 1980s – a very different era in the long struggle for transgender rights. Tessa Ganserer’s goal now is to abolish the existing law covering the identity of transgender people while working to advance the rights of the LGBTQI+ communities. The German Interior Ministry reported a 36-percent rise in verbal and physical harassment of sexual minorities in 2020.

Source: The Local September 06, 2021 04:18 UTC