Berlin ¨C The victory of Germany¡¯s Social Democrats and the election of the country¡¯s first openly transgender lawmakers has buoyed LGBT+ activists¡¯ hopes for gains on trans rights after scant progress during Angela Merkel¡¯s 16 years as chancellor.
Two Greens party candidates, Tessa Ganserer and Nyke Slawik, made history by winning Bundestag seats in Sunday¡¯s election as provisional results showed the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) had narrowly won over Merkel¡¯s conservatives.
¡°At a time when people still make fun of us, when some trans people still face (bullying) or lose their jobs, this is historic,¡± said Slawik, 27, from the western city of Leverkusen.
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