Hello Queer Pride! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are very happy to be here on the FLINTA truck today. We are a group of FLINTA that regularly\u00a0organize events for the queer community in Dresden as Queer Monday. As a disclaimer we would\u00a0like to say that unfortunately we cannot cover all of our topics this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would have liked to have found a nicer start to this speech, but honestly I have to tell you that I’m\u00a0scared. As I, as we, have to watch in recent years how the worldwide shift to the right is progressing and how patriarchal hegemony is spreading in its hatred of minorities. When LGBTQIA rights are\u00a0being cut back or even abolished from country to country, when despots spread their hatred, when\u00a0more and more right-wing votes are being held in this country and CSDs are only possible with\u00a0police protection, then this is frightening. I know that I am not alone in my fear, but that\u00a0unfortunately many of my friends feel the same way. And fear can make you powerless. There were\u00a0phases in my life when fear paralyzed me. But today I say, don’t let this fear rule over us. Let fear\u00a0become action.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Selbstbestimmungsgesetz\/Self-Determination Act finally came into force at the end of last year\u00a0and it has been a long road. The inhumane Transsexuellengesetz\/Transsexual Act and also\u00a0Paragraph 45b Personenstandsgesetz\/ of the Civil Status Act are thus history. I myself have taken a\u00a0different path, but I know how many have been eagerly awaiting the Selbstbestimmungsgesetz\/Self-Determination Act. And even with this law, there is a three-month waiting period until the change of gender entry is valid. But although it was only recently passed, the Self-Determination Act is to be\u00a0evaluated as early as 2026. On the grounds that the effects on the saftey of women and children had\u00a0to be evaluated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Abstammungsrecht\/ right of parentage is no longer an issue in the current coalition agreement,\u00a0and trans parenthood is not definitively regulated in the Selbstbestimmungsgesetz\/ Self-Determination Act, which means that trans parents may continue to be forcibly outed at the birth of\u00a0their child and that there will still be a false name and gender on the birth certificate or that they will not be registered as parents at all. So much for the prohibition of disclosure and the full recognition\u00a0of our identity. The non-reform of the Parentage Act also means that lesbian women cannot\u00a0continue to be equal mothers and parents, but must take the humiliating path of stepchild adoption.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will critically observe the current initiative by the Bundesrat to that matter. What the Selbstbestimmungsgesetz Self-Determination Act also does not regulate is the medical\u00a0care of Tin people, which is still inadequate. The guidelines for accompanying Tin people in their\u00a0medical transition are pathologizing, incapacitating and incredibly exhausting. Non-binary people\u00a0are completely excluded from these guidelines and often have to undergo binary medical transition\u00a0in order to receive gender affirming care. Here, too, we still have a long way to go.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legislation\/Laws\/Bills create reality and the eagerness to define gender based on supposed\u00a0biological factors affects everyone who does not conform to society’s image of „man“ and\u00a0„woman“. You may remember the discussion that took place during the Olympic Games in Paris\u00a0about the boxer Imane Khelif. Imane was denied her femininity and the image of the white woman\u00a0being „beaten up“ by the menacing, masculine Imane went viral\/ through the media. It was\u00a0forgotten that these are two athletes who practice a sport in which „beating each other“ is the goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Suddenly, Imane had to provide proof of her femininity, and her right to practice a sport she had\u00a0started as a girl against patriarchal resistance was questioned again.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TIN people are excluded from the\u00a0 Gewalthilfegesetz Violence Assistance Act and gender and\u00a0sexual diversity has still not made it into the Grundgesetz. All this makes us second-class people in\u00a0the 21st century and I’m so fed up. In times where violence against queer people and the shift to the\u00a0right is increasing, it becomes all the more important that the Grundgesetz protects everyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because under exactly this constitution, homosexuality and transsexuality were and are\u00a0discriminated against and criminalized since many years. We have already achieved a lot, but\u00a0everything we have fought for is currently under constant risk\/danger. We will not allow our rights\u00a0to be taken again and will continue to fight to achieve equality at all levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The arduous\/exhausting\u00a0 fight for change makes you tired. I am a woman, I am trans, I am a lesbian\u00a0and I am severely disabled. I know what it means to have to fight for everything and thus\u00a0understand if people can’t do it right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I fought my way out of it to be able to be the woman I am and managed to be able to stand here\u00a0today. But that also means that I got a lot of support, the support and acceptance that I didn’t get 15\u00a0years ago when I first transitioned. Indeed, something has moved\/happened in many minds.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And above all, I had friends who stuck by me and I got to know new wonderful supportive and\u00a0loving people along the way, which shows me time and again that we are not alone, that we are\u00a0many and that together we can unleash new strength, unite and fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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