EU court rules member states must recognize transgender identity in official documents
https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/03/eu-court-rules-member-states-must-recognize-transgender-identity-in-official-documents/
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phr@discuss.tchncs.de · 41 pts · 145d
yay! 🏳️⚧️
irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone · 37 pts · 145d
It doesn't make sense not to if the purpose of gender marker on identity documents is truly for the purpose of identification. If the person has breasts and wears a dress, but has an M on their document then the field becomes useless.
My preference would be to eliminate the gender/sex field altogether as it has never properly worked for intersex people who sometimes biologically don't conform. And considering most IDs have pictures these days and how fashion changes over time, like that women in most cultures are now allowed to wear pants, it is outdated anyway without invasive pat downs, strip searches, or x-ray machines to verify genitals. And what use is that really.
Maybe I'm biased because I'm both agender and stuck with all three different markers on various documents due to the prejudices in the US. But it seems like it's pretty useless anyway, so let's drop it.
EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 145d
Good to see some people aren't fascist lunatics like the Americans
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 145d
Turkey FUMING right now
marcela@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 144d
AFAIK it is not in the EU. What will be interesting is how badly Hungary will comply.
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 144d
Yeah, Turkey just gets real vocal anytime any country on earth goes "maybe trans people should be allowed to live"
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · -5 pts · 145d
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 145d
It is an overreach of any institution, government or otherwise, to deny the humanity of trans people.
This is NOT overreach it is an attempt at mitigating overreach.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 145d
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 145d
standardize documents? not really, and saying that the documents must match the person is just basic expectations of what documents are
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip · -1 pts · 145d
I just decided that to standardize our documents you need a death certificate.
Sorry, efficiency and all that.
pulweizer@lemmy.world · -25 pts · 145d
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 43 pts · 145d
Normalizing publicly shaming bigots like you is better
pulweizer@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 145d
blaze@programming.dev · 32 pts · 145d
Being trans isn't a mental illness. We've existed across every culture and century, long before you had an opinion about it. Lack of empathy, however, actually is clinically recognized as a symptom of certain conditions. But hey, no shame, mental illness shouldn't be stigmatized either 🤍🩷🩵
julieff7@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 145d
What would be a better solution? Lock everyone “different” up?
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 145d
What did they say?
hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 145d
Lemmy modlogs are public. You can look them up. The comment is visible there. They were banned from this community, instance, and lemmy world, I think. Its hard to tell which instance the mod action is from.
For your convienience I have included a link to their entries in the modlog, in a spoiler tag so it should require two clicks, to avoid anyone seeing hateful content unless they're really sure.
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EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 145d
It's nice being on a site where assholes actually get banned :)
Alk@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 145d
You probably can't repeat it without also getting removed
pulweizer@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 145d
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 145d
I hear that bullet proof vests are needing test volunteer. Forge yours at home when you go!
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 4 pts · 145d