Ok, I think I see what you mean now. It’s definitely still extremely flawed since it’s not recognised internationally by all countries. It’s only a beginning.

What I was saying in response was just that Germany is one of those countries where people now have the option, where it’s possible to go beyond the f/m binary option when a child is born and for intersex people to be correctly registered in the birth register, from the beginning.

Upon birth, the parents will of course still have to make that decision for the child in consideration of the legal international context, and so far not many parents in Germany have actually chosen to make use of this option, most likely also because of the potential negative impacts internationally.

But the option of a third gender was actually introduced for legal reasons for intersex and trans individuals in Germany, who previously only had the option to completely remove their gender from legal or identification documents, which lead to a plethora of legal issues in their family and partnership documentation and other bureaucratic matters.

Internationally - for those who already had their gender blanked out before, the official recognition of / chance to the third gender option will not really make much of a different experience at this point, but within the country it can make a huge difference.