http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/e7183e28162b38e2 https://verfassungsblog.de/deregulating-legal-gender-in-the-shadow-of-social-ascription/ Deregulating Legal Gender in the Shadow of Social Ascription Rentsch, Bettina eng 2023-11-22 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Gender Gender Recognition gender self-determination legal gender Selbstbestimmungsgesetz self-determination Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 23 August 2023, the German government published a bill on Gender Self-Determination (hereinafter also referred to as SBGG-E). The bill is currently under debate before the German parliament (Bundestag) and is subject to heated socio-political debate. Its primary objective consists of deregulating the conditions for altering and deleting the gender entry provided by the German Civil Status Act. Aside from a strong commitment to deregulating legal gender (Section 1 SBGG-E), the bill sets boundaries and conditions for gender recognition. While some appear self-explanatory, others are infused by what I will hereinafter refer to as the ‘logic of social ascription’.