Germany Makes It Easier for People to Legally Change Name and Gender

Source: ABC News - InternationalGerman lawmakers approved legislation Friday that will make it easier for transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official records. The "self-determination law," one of several social reforms that Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government pledged when it took office in 2021, is set to take effect on November 1. Germany, the European Union's most populous nation, follows several other countries in making the...