The Bundestag intends to wrap up the new law today....which centers on two key factors....your identified sex and your name (first name).
So.....to change your gender (in Germany) and your first name.......you would only have to submit a form to the local registry office. No medical certificate. No expert report. No court order.
Based on the way that the certificate is described....I think you could fill it out in two minutes, and there'd be no need for a lawyer or legal person.
Age matters? Well...yeah, if you are 14 or under....only your parents could do this. 14 and over, you could sign the papers yourself, with an accompanying paper from your parents (until you reach the age of maturity).
Special rules? Well...yeah, they said that if you still identify as a guy/male.....you can't have a female name. In the shape of things....if you wanted strictly the male name (while a female today)....you'd have to change your gender for the name change.
Surgery required? No...based on the wording, you'd just identify.
When does this start up? November of this year.
So your likely question is....just how many people will be applying for either the gender change or name change? One government source said in the range of 4,000 people a year.
The 10,000 Euro fine chatter? Well....if you go and call the person by their old name or old gender....you could be dragged into court and fined up to 10,000. Oddly, they wrote one waive into this where parents could refer to the person by the old name/gender and get away with it. They haven't said how misgendering would work/be handled in schools or in the work-place.
The issue I see? You have 'Johan' in the work-place and changes over to a female identity and a new name of 'Gaby'....with work calls coming in and you tell person on the line that Johan is replaced by Gaby. Depending on your wording (of the moment)....you could be court-tagged and face some misgendering accusation.
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