The parents of German children born with characteristics of both sexes will be able to register their child as a “third sex” under a new law aimed at sparing them from unnecessary surgery.
The law, which came into force on November 1, makes Germany the first European country to opt for a “third sex” category by allowing parents to leave the box recording gender on birth certificates blank.
Later in life their children can opt of an “X” option when declaring their sex on a passport instead of the traditional “M” or “F”.
As a result of having a mixture of female and male chromosomes intersex people, as they are known, often develop physical characteristics of both sexes and can have indistinct genitals. » | Matthew Day | Friday, November 01, 2013
