Political update - Germany
"Trans-Identified Male Who Took Female Seat in German Political Quota to Speak on “Women in Politics”Germany’s Green Party has chosen a trans-identified male member of parliament, Tessa Ganserer, to speak at an event highlighting women in politics. Ganserer, whose real name is Markus, was elected to Germany’s Bundestag in September 2021, taking a seat that was reserved for female political representation.
On July 31, 2021, Women’s Declaration International’s branch in Germany issued a public statement condemning the move, pointing out that a total of three men had taken women’s places: Ganserer, as well as Nyke Slawik and Victoria Brossart.
“The German Green Party and the Social Democratic Party are both discriminating against women in politics on the basis of sex,” read the statement.
“Three men claiming a female ‘gender identity’ who are running as candidates for the general election are listed by the Green Party as women. The Party thus prevents three women, defined as adult human females, from running for the Bundestag for the benefit of three men (adult human males).”
Speaking with Reduxx, a representative of WDI Germany commented,
“It is striking that Ganserer seeks out specifically women’s and LGB events, but he is male and heterosexual.”Tessa Ganserer was first elected to the Bavarian state parliament in 2013 under his legal name Markus Ganserer for the Greens. Despite this, his Wikipedia page has been edited to display only the name Tessa, with no mention of his prior political career as Markus. In addition, Ganserer has been campaigning to introduce sex self-identification policies in Germany, and has claimed that
“a penis is not a male sexual organ” and “there are women who have penises.”[/i][/size]
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