Germany's parliament votes in law recognising people as third gender

Germany’s parliament has approved an option which allows people to be officially identified as a third-gender.

People can now register as ‘divers’ – which translates to miscellaneous in English – on official documents and birth certificates.

Prior to this, the only option for those who do not identify as male or female was to leave the gender option blank.

However, LGBTI some campaigners say the move does not go far enough for equal rights.

The third gender option become official

Germany’s coalition government voted to introduce the third-category option in August.

On Friday (14 December), both chambers of parliament approved the new law.

This comes after the country’s top court ruled that people should be allowed to register as neither male nor female last year. Read more via Gay Star News