On its website, the German federal government published an interview with Sven Lehmann, the left-liberal government's special commissioner for queer affairs, who would start sensitization in kindergartens. - brought by mandiner.hu
The conversation, published on Tuesday, reveals that according to Lehmann, his appointment is a "revolution in queer politics", with which the new government will show how important it is to lmbtq rights. Sven Lehmann of the Green Party holds the position of special commissioner for queer affairs as the parliamentary state secretary of the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs.
The new commissioner regretfully expresses that
Germany is still lagging behind in international comparisons, especially when it comes to equality of rights for LGBTQ people.
According to Lehmann, queers in Germany are still often discriminated against in schools, workplaces, or even on the street. According to the queer commissioner, for example, the fact that gay and bisexual men and so-called transgender people are still not allowed to donate blood in the country is serious discrimination.
Lehmann's most important goal would be the abolition of the law on transsexuals and the creation of modern family law in Germany. According to him, the law on transsexuals is humiliating for those concerned, since transsexuals must consult two psychiatrists, declare what kind of underwear they wear, or how they masturbate in order to change their name.
The goal of the queer commissioner is to make it easier to change gender in Germany in the future.
Lehmann also said that family law needs to be adapted to "social realities" because "families are diverse and not always just mother, father and children". The government's goal is to settle the legal situation of "families" with more than two parents, the commissioner emphasizes.
Sven Lehmann believes in diversity: as he says, it only makes societies stronger and freer. To the queer commissioner
the specific aim is to start providing information on "diversity" already in kindergartens and schools,
since "it is important to be able to create an atmosphere in these institutions where diversity is self-evident".
Source: mandiner.hu
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