Entry #14767: Right to change legal gender in Germany

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RegionGermany
IssueRight to change legal gender
StatusAmbiguous
Start Date1908
End DateMay 6, 1933
DescriptionFrom 1908 until 1933, transvestite passes were handed out to trans and cross-dressing Germans as a de facto recognition of their gender identity or expression. However there were no known provisions that legally changed one's gender. These were revoked when the Nazis came to power.
Sourceshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trans-id-passes-weimar-germany-marcus-hirschfeld
https://daily.jstor.org/gender-identity-in-weimar-germany/


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Original entry
StatusAmbiguous
Start Date1908
End DateMay 6, 1933
DescriptionFrom 1908 until 1933, transvestite passes were handed out to trans and cross-dressing Germans as a de facto recognition of their gender identity or expression. However there were no known provisions that legally changed one's gender. These were revoked when the Nazis came to power.
Sourceshttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trans-id-passes-weimar-germany-marcus-hirschfeld https://daily.jstor.org/gender-identity-in-weimar-germany/