German Press Council: EMMA magazine article on the objection to the legitimacy of Ganserer’s election not „transphobic“

The German Press Council had received a total of 63 complaints following the January 2022 article by the feminist magazine EMMA on the objection to the legitimacy of Markus (Tessa) Ganserer’s election to the Bundestag. Their tenor: the article was „transphobic“ and EMMA should be reprimanded for it. Now, however, the Council took an unanimous decision. Weiterlesen…

German election 2021: Women’s voices raised in objection

Parliamentary seat illegitimately taken by male MP | On 26 September 2021 Green Party member Markus Ganserer was elected to the Bundestag (the German Parliament) under the name Markus (Tessa) Ganserer. Ganserer claims he is a woman and has assumed the name Tessa. Markus Ganserer is a biological man. Not only that, his legal status is also registered as that of a man. Weiterlesen…