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| Region | Germany |
| Issue | LGBT discrimination |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jun 29, 2006 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law. The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany clarified in 1 BvR 2019/16 that the general right of personality (Article 2 (1) in conjunction with Article 1 (1) of the Basic Law) protects gender identity. It also protects the gender identity of non-binary people. Article 3 (3) of the Basic Law includes non-binary people on the protection against discrimination on ground of their gender. |
| Sources | https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/EN/2017/10/rs20171010_1bvr201916en.html http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bundesrecht/agg/gesamt.pdf https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0018 http://www.efms.uni-bamberg.de/pdf/Anti-discrimination_in_Germany.pdf |
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| Description | National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law. The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany clarified in 1 BvR 2019/16 that the general right of personality (Article 2(1) in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the Basic Law) protects gender identity. It also protects the gender identity of non-binary people. Article 3(3) of the Basic Law includes non-binary people on the protection against discrimination on ground of their gender. | National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law. The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany clarified in 1 BvR 2019/16 that the general right of personality (Article 2 (1) in conjunction with Article 1 (1) of the Basic Law) protects gender identity. It also protects the gender identity of non-binary people. Article 3 (3) of the Basic Law includes non-binary people on the protection against discrimination on ground of their gender. |
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| Description | The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany clarified in 1 BvR 2019/16 that the general right of personality (Article 2(1) in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the Basic Law) protects gender identity. It also protects the gender identity of non-binary people. Article 3(3) of the Basic Law includes non-binary people on the protection against discrimination on ground of their gender. National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law. | National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law. The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany clarified in 1 BvR 2019/16 that the general right of personality (Article 2(1) in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the Basic Law) protects gender identity. It also protects the gender identity of non-binary people. Article 3(3) of the Basic Law includes non-binary people on the protection against discrimination on ground of their gender. |
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| Description | The general right of personality (Article 2(1) in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the Basic Law) protects gender identity. It also protects the gender identity of non-binary people. Article 3(3) of the Basic Law includes non-binary people on the protection against discrimination on ground of their gender. National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law. | The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany clarified in 1 BvR 2019/16 that the general right of personality (Article 2(1) in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the Basic Law) protects gender identity. It also protects the gender identity of non-binary people. Article 3(3) of the Basic Law includes non-binary people on the protection against discrimination on ground of their gender. National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law. |
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| Sources | http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bundesrecht/agg/gesamt.pdf https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0018 http://www.efms.uni-bamberg.de/pdf/Anti-discrimination_in_Germany.pdf | https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/EN/2017/10/rs20171010_1bvr201916en.html http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bundesrecht/agg/gesamt.pdf https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0018 http://www.efms.uni-bamberg.de/pdf/Anti-discrimination_in_Germany.pdf |
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| Description | National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law. | The general right of personality (Article 2(1) in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the Basic Law) protects gender identity. It also protects the gender identity of non-binary people. Article 3(3) of the Basic Law includes non-binary people on the protection against discrimination on ground of their gender. National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law. |
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| Sources | http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bundesrecht/agg/gesamt.pdf http://www.efms.uni-bamberg.de/pdf/Anti-discrimination_in_Germany.pdf | http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bundesrecht/agg/gesamt.pdf https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#p0018 http://www.efms.uni-bamberg.de/pdf/Anti-discrimination_in_Germany.pdf |
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| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | Jun 29, 2006 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | National law was amended in 2006 when the Treaty of Amsterdam was signed - giving all people the same rights under law. |
| Sources | http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bundesrecht/agg/gesamt.pdf http://www.efms.uni-bamberg.de/pdf/Anti-discrimination_in_Germany.pdf |
Reports (3)
- Status is not correct "Queer organisations have been campaigning for years for a change of the constitution. Currently, discrimination based on biological sex is illegal. "Geschlecht". But there is no law protecting sexual orientation, or gender expression. Discriminating against a man for being male is illegal. Not hiring him because he is gay is allowed."
- Status is not correct "Full adoption rights since 2017"
- Other "While Discrimination is legally forbidden, reality, espechally for trans* people is often otherwise.
Several cases of open discrimination, even in public spaces and public-owned instiutions (such as public swimming baths) have been reported widely in media."