Reuters. “It is a historic victory for the Greens, but also for the trans-emancipatory movement and for the entire queer community,” Ganserer, 44, told the news wire.
She added that the vote was a symbol of German society's openness and tolerance.The lawmaker previously served as a member of Bavaria’s regional parliament.
She came out in 2019.Ganserer said that she’d work to make it easier for Germans to change their gender on legal documents. In 1981, Germany passed its “Transsexuality Law” that requires people to receive a costly medical certificate in order to legally change their gender in their documents.