Germany’s first openly transgender politician has called for the abolition of the country’s Transsexuellengesetz ('transsexual law'), which she describes as degrading.
Tessa Ganserer, who sits in the Bavarian state parliament as a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens political party, has not yet had her gender change officially recognised.
The country's 1981 law stipulates those wanting to change their first name and gender must talk to psychologists and a judge. "I do not think that any human