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Germany: Two transgender women secure seats in parliament

Two transgender women secure seats in parliament
Tessa Ganserer (Left) Nyke Slawik (Right)

Two German politicians made history by becoming the first transgender women to win parliamentary seats in the federal elections.

Tessa Ganserer, 44, of Nuremberg and Nyke Slawik, 27, of North Rhine-Westphalia both stood for The Greens Party.

The Greens finished third in the elections, improving their share of votes to 14.8% from 8.9% back in 2017.

“It is a historic victory for the Greens, but also for the trans-emancipatory movement and for the entire queer community,” Ganserer, told Reuters.

Ganserer seeks legislative amendments, allowing lesbian mothers to adopt children.

“Madness! I still can’t quite believe it, but with this historic election result I will definitely be a member of the next Bundestag,” Slawik told in a post.

Slawik calls for an action plan against homophobia and transphobia and improvements to federal anti-discrimination law.

Social Democrats of the center-left had defeated the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) in the federal elections on Sunday.

Social Democrats secured a total of 206 seats with CDU lagging behind with a total of 196 seats.