I regret to inform you that this is, in fact, real life:
Yes, Germany actually passed this bill which includes a $10,800 fine for deadnaming/misgendering, and allows parents to gender-transition their child at birth.
I cannot believe this is real life.
The Self-Determination Act (SBGG) establishes ‘gender identity' as a protected characteristic and allows parents to change the sex marker on their children's documents from birth.
Supported by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition and promoted and supported by the Socialist Democratic Party (SDP), the SBGG also creates the potential for citizens to be fined up to €10,000 (approx. $10,800 USD) for revealing a person's given name and birth sex without their permission - an action that trans activists staunchly oppose and refer to as ‘deadnaming.'
But arguably the most troubling aspect of the law relates to a portion of the bill which permits parents to alter the recorded sex of children beginning from birth. From the age of five years old, it allows for name and sex changes if there is "mutual consent" between the child and their parents.
A $10,800 fine for misgendering or deadnaming!
There's no way to parody this. They're really writing it into law that you can choose your baby's sex at birth. And of course this has nothing to do with normal sane people who assign their children the correct sex at birth. It's the crazies who want to immediately throw their boy in a dress, or their girl in a "chick magnet" shirt as some sort of sick and twisted science experiment. This law is literally written to protect insane people who are hell bent on creating sociopath children.
More from the story:
According to a description of the bill on the Bundestag's official website, the Self-Determination Act was designed "to implement a core idea of the Basic Law, the protection of gender identity, by giving people the opportunity to change their gender entry and first name without discrimination."
It continues that following a change, a one-year "blocking period" will apply where no further changes are allowed, though a person may change their name and sex once again after the year passes.
If parents choose to do so, they may alter the identifying information of their children from birth. The SBGG stipulates that the consent of a child is necessary from the age of five, and, "from the age of 14, minors can do it themselves, but require the consent of their guardians."
However, should parents refuse to provide legal permission, "a family court would decide based on the best interests of the child," thus allowing the state to overrule the wishes of parents or legal guardians.
Here are the bill's most ardent supporters in parliament:
No surprises there!
Well, good luck, Germany. I can't wait to see (1) how you interpret this law for ordinary European citizens, and (2) how it is interpreted when one of your many African and Middle Eastern immigrants breaks the law.
The law goes into effect in November, so y'all beer drinkers got one last chance to do Oktoberfest the right way.
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