Green MP Tessa Ganserer has applied to change her gender and first name
Transgender Green Party member of the German parliament, Tessa Ganserer, has registered for the earliest possible appointment to change her gender entry and first name. She submitted her application at 8:00 AM at her birth registry office in Zwiesel, Lower Bavaria, and her first name Tessa will officially appear in her birth certificate. Initially, the "Passauer Neue Presse" reported this.
"This is politically and personally a very special day of joy for me," Ganserer said. She will also submit her declaration at the earliest possible date - not on November 1 due to a holiday in Bavaria, but on November 4.
From November, these changes will be possible without expert opinions, medical certificates, or court rulings, simply by declaration, according to the Self-Determination Act. This will particularly benefit transgender, intersex, and non-binary individuals who have previously faced high hurdles and costly procedures to change their gender entry.
A prior registration and a three-month waiting period before the actual change is required, according to the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs. Ganserer described this waiting period as "unnecessary additional bureaucracy." Nevertheless, she considers the new law a "crazy relief" and a "historic day" for "trans, inter, and non-binary people."
Ganserer's date of appointment for the gender entry change in her birth certificate is November 4. With the Self-Determination Act, individuals no longer need expert opinions, medical certificates, or court rulings for such changes, starting from November.
