The German Family Affairs and Justice Ministries on Thursday presented a concept for a new self-determination law, which is to allow residents in Germany to determine their own gender and first name. The law would also allow people to change gender and name through a simple procedure at the registry office and is to replace the country’s Transsexuals Act, which many consider outdated and discriminatory. If the new regulation is implemented as planned, it will in future be irrelevant whether a person is transgender, non-binary or intersex when it comes to the registration of gender and first na…