Matthias Ehm

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Matthias Ehm is spokesman for the state working group "queer" of the German party Die Linke in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

In 2020 he spoke in a video message on WWDOGA:

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Hello, this is Matthias speaking from the State Working Group Die Linke "queer" Baden-Wuerttemberg. This is our message on the day of genital self-determination: No matter whether you are female, male, intersexual, non-binary, gender fluid or agender: The only person who should determine your genital is you! Unfortunately, this requirement has so far been insufficiently implemented in Germany. We therefore call for the prohibition of all medically non-essential and urgently necessary genital-changing interventions on children and adolescents. This includes in particular the genital-changing operations on intersexuals. We call for the removal of the transsexual law and the introduction of an unbureaucratic, health insurance funded and, above all, self-determined procedure for physical alignment. No more compulsory assessment and compulsory therapy! And we call for the replacement of paragraph 1631d from the Civil Code, which leaves children and adolescents without protection who have been assigned a male sex because of the physical characteristic "penis". Genital autonomy is an inalienable human right. Let's fight for it together. Thanks a lot. – Matthias Ehm (WWDOGA 2020)