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Thank you for that detailed reply. Reading the AP article vs your actual experience are like two completely different realities. If one just reads the official news, they’d be left with a “feel-good” story and a somewhat positive impression on the current German govt. (obv. none of us here who know their stance on Palestine). You make it clear just how much of that is pure propaganda made for international audience.
Yeah, Olaf Scholz tweeted yesterday about how progressive and important this is and the mfer didn't even bother to be present for the vote.
Now, don't get me wrong, this is a massive step forward, it has saved me a ton of money and a lot of ... it's hard to say if it would've just been cringe and weird or some humiliating white-knuckle ride for me to go through the TSG procedure instead. I seriously can't tell. I have a lot of friends who are like "it wasn't that bad anymore", but i don't know how well i would've handled the interviews and reading through several pages of being misgendered and deadnamed (they continue doing that in the very documents that legally confirm you are actually the gender you say you are).
So yeah, the trans people i'm in community with have been celebrating yesterday when this passed, but we're not forgetting what led up to this and we're not forgetting the battles ahead of us.