http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20180824-121837-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/new-german-intersex-law-third-gender-but-not-as-we-want-it/ New German Intersex Law: Third Gender but not as we want it Baars, Grietje eng 2018-08-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Gender Trans rights Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The new German draft law to introduce a third option in personal status law has overwhelmingly been decried as a missed historical opportunity, or even as counterproductive, for a variety of reasons. The main criticisms are that the third option does not fully recognize gender diversity as it will only be available to those with a medical diagnosis of an intersex condition, and that the government failed to genuinely consider the alternative option presented by the Constitutional Court – that of scrapping sex/gender registration altogether.