According to Silvan Agius, policy director at human rights organisation ILGA Europe -- the European chapter of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association -- the European Union is lagging behind on the issue. Though Brussels commissioned a report on trans and intersex minorities in 2010, and has since attempted to coordinate efforts to prohibit gender discrimination, progress has been halting.

"Things are moving slower than they should at the European level", says Agius. "Though Brussels has ramped up efforts to promote awareness of trans and intersex discrimination, I would like to see things speed up."

The subsequent EU report on potential changes to European Union law, which was published in 2017 and co-authored by Agius, found that discrimination against trans and intersex people was still "rampant in all EU countries."

"Germany's move will put more pressure on Brussels," Agius concludes. "That can only be a good thing."

据德国《明镜周刊》在线国际频道报道，从今年11月开始，德国人的出生证上除了标准的“男性”或“女性”选项外，还增加了“空白”选项。该修改法案允许家长选择确定自己宝宝的性别，允许那些出生时具有两性特征的孩子选择在以后的生活中成为男性还是女性。根据此项新法，个人也可以选择保留两性以外的“空白”选项。

德国是欧洲第一个推出此选项的国家。慕尼黑的《南德意志报》称这个变化为“法律革命”。但是，这个变化对其他个人文件——如护照，仍需人们在两“F”（女性）和“M”（男性）之间选择——的性别分配会产生什么影响尚不明确。德国家庭法律刊物《FamRZ》呼吁引入第三类别，指定为字母“X”。

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