Boston Protest Opportunity - German Embassy, 11/1/24

As reported by Women’s Rights Network (WRN): On November 1st 2024 the new German Self-ID law will come into force. Women in Germany are calling on their sisters across the world to join their protest against this harmful legislation. It’s time to stand together, make our voices clear that allowing men to self ID into womanhood is an assault on women’s rights to safety, dignity and fairness. On the 1st of November show your  solidarity and protest in front of German embassies and consulates up and down the country.

Boston is home to one of the eight German Embassies in the US.  If you are interested in joining the global protest against the new German Self-ID Law by gathering at the German Embassy in Boston, please contact ma4women@proton.me. Important: ma4women will not be organizing the Boston protest, but we would like to help by putting potential organizers and attendees in touch with each other.

The global protest is being organized by Lasst Frauen Sprechen! Click this link for more information, videos and flyers. Below is the detailed invitation, in english, which can also be found at the above link.

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INVITATION FROM LASST FRAUEN SPRECHEN! (LET WOMEN SPEAK!)

GLOBAL PROTEST AGAINST GERMAN SELF-ID LAW – 1. NOVEMBER 2024

#WomenRise globally, because #SElfIDHarms

On November 1st 2024 the German Self-ID law („Selbstbestimmungsgesetz“) will come into force. We are calling for women around the world to join our protest against this harmful legislation. From 12:05 til 4 p.m. in the afternoon we will be protesting in front of the German Bundestag in Berlin. We ask our feminist sisters to show their solidarity and protest on the same day in front of German embassys and consulates of their country. We offer a draft for a letter to the German ambassador of your country. 

DETAILED INVITATION IN ENGLISH

Dear sisters, we are in need. We, the women. Not only in Germany – worldwide, whether west or east, whether north or south. On April 12 this year, the German government adopted the Self-ID Act („Selbstbestimmungsgesetz“), legally replacing the category of sex with gender.

As of November 1 in Germany:

• Every German adult can change their civil status to the opposite sex and their new name.

• Anyone who continues to refer to a man who claims to have a „female gender identity“ as a man can be fined up to €10,000.

• Parents can choose the official gender for their newborn child, after the age of 5 the child’s „consent“ will be required.

• Children aged 14+ can apply to a family court if their parents do not support their belief in their „wrong body“.

More information about the German Self-Id Act can be found here:
https://www.ronalyze.de/p/self-id-law-passed-in-germany2

The German government is selling its misogynistic policies as „feminist“. Such hypocrisy is unbearable! The German government ignores the voices of women’s rights activists in the country.

But it also ignores EU voices denouncing violations of women’s rights in Germany, such as:

• Prostitution has been legal for over 20 years;

• Violence against mothers and children. The harmful and unscientific PAS (Parental Alienation Syndrome) concept is still being used in family courts;

• Restricting the political participation of women. Women are prevented from talking about gender-based violence.

Recently, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against girls and women – Reem Alsalem – published a 17-page letter on the Self-Determination Act to our Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. In it, she asks the federal government how they intend to ensure the protection against violence and the safety of girls and women with this legislation. A meaningless three-page reply came back from the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany at the UN.

Women’s voices are being ignored. All we hear from politicians is,

• “Nothing will be taken away from you!”

• “A penis is not a male genital per se”

• „No doctor can attest from the mere looks which sex a person has.“

• “Trans women are women, I see no need for any discussion.“

This is no stand-up comedy. These are original quotes from our politicians, two of them from the department for families, senior citizens, women and youth. One of them is from the minister herself. 

To us, this is a massively misogynistic and child-hostile development.

Women will not allow reality to be distorted by legal fictions. Politicians need to know that we stick to reality. We fear that German jurisdiction will serve as a model for other countries.

ON NOVEMBER 1, 2024, THE DAY THE SELF-ID ACT TAKES EFFECT IN GERMANY, WE WILL ORGANIZE A DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF THE GERMAN BUNDESTAG.

Our motto will be:

“For science, democracy, women and children – away with the so-called self-ID act!”

We are asking women in other countries to demonstrate against the Self-Id Act in front of German embassies and consulates on the same day. Politicians should know that women from all over the world are observing them. They are to be shamed, we are fed up with their gaslighting!

We will use analogies from Orwell’s book „1984“ for our demo, maybe it will inspire you, too?

We prepared a letter template with questions about the Self-ID Act. You can customize the letter and send it to the embassy or consulate on your behalf and request a response. Invite the ambassadors and consuls to your demo for a chat – we’ve seen them go out and talk to us.

Take pictures in front of the embassies and consulates with your posters and post them on all networks on November 1 with our activity hashtags:

#SelfIDHarms #WomenRise

When it is too late we in Germany say, „It is five past twelve.“ And for all of us it really is five past twelve or the eleventh hour. We are in need and we need solidarity.

Let’s protest together all over the world against the arrogance and hypocrisy of misogynist politics on November 1, starting at 12:05!

Let’s make this feminist protest visible worldwide!

You can contact us at the following email address:
info@lasst-frauen-sprechen.de

Our call to WDI: https://womensdeclaration.com/de/news-de/

Thank you very much.

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