The three party alliance set to lead Germany, made up of SPD chancellor-elect Olaf Scholz, FDP leader Christian Lindner, and Annalene Baerbock and Robert Habeck, co-leaders of the Greens Party. (Getty/ Michele Tantussi) The chancellor-elect of Germany, Olaf Scholz of the centre-left SDP, and his coalition parties unveiled pledges for sweeping reforms to LGBT+ rights. The
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Tessa Ganserer (left) has made history with Nyke Slawik (right) as the first two trans MPs to be elected in Germany. (AFP via Getty/ JOHN MACDOUGALL and Instagram/ nyketomato) Germany will welcome its first-ever trans MPs to the Bundestag after a federal election that saw the centre-left SDP narrowly beat the centre-right CDU. According to preliminary results
Friedrich Merz, a member of the German Christian Democrats (CDU), is vying for the leadership of the party and with it a possible chancellor candidacy.(Lukas Schulze/Getty Images) German politician Friedrich Merz has said he “regrets” offending people after suggesting homosexuality is fine if it “does not affect children”. Merz, a candidate seeking to become chair
Jens Spahn, German minister of health, announced the conversion therapy ban on Thursday, May 7. (Maja Hitij/ Getty) Germany has banned traumatising conversion therapy for people under the age of 18, and introduced penalties for adults, putting the UK and US to shame. On Thursday evening, May 7, the Bundestag passed a law which completely