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Transgender Tag

The German parliament approved a 'third gender' identity, allowing people to identify themselves as "diverse" on official documents instead of the usual male or female option. The new law introduced by Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition has been passed by both chambers of German Bundestag, with the upper house adopting it on Friday.

A six year old boy in Texas is at the center of a custody battle which is focused on his gender. The child was born male, but his mother insists he identifies as a girl and she dresses him as one. When he is at his father's house, the child dresses as a boy and is happy to do so. The mother is a pediatrician and is suing to remove the father's rights. She is also planning to begin the process of chemical castration on the boy through hormone blockers when the boy turns eight.

Doctor David Mackereth worked for the NHS as a medical assessor for 26 years until recently when he was "sacked" and ruled "unfit" to continue working with the Department because "he refused to identify patients as being of a sex that they did not see themselves as." What should be a biological discussion is now one of religious and speech issues. Though it's not unique to Christianity to believe gender is determined biologically and can't be chosen on a whim, Mackereth's stance is portrayed (at least by The Telegraph) as one based on religious principles. Mackereth claims his freedom of speech is being quashed because he's been fired for refusing to renounce his Christian beliefs.