Home works in one law firm and translates there into German, English, French and Spanish. Luisa Heim is also involved with the Green Youth in Darmstadt. (elsa)
Man and woman – it’s not that simple. Some people see themselves neither this way nor that, and then it gets complicated. Some definitions of terms:
Divers: Since December 2018, the birth register has included the option “diverse” in addition to “male” and “female”.
trans*: People who do not identify with the sex assigned at birth. You can also carry out gender reassignment measures.
non-binary: Collective term for gender identities from the trans* spectrum for people who do not identify exclusively as female or male and who are outside of the two-part, binary gender order.
binary: People who see themselves as male or female.
cis gender: People who identify with the sex assigned at birth.
inter*: People born with both male and female sex characteristics.
polygender: People who combine many gender identities.
There is several other terms. A detailed collection with explanations is available, for example, on the website of the Federal Agency for Civic Education www.bpb.de.
