Although German law has allowed parents to leave the gender box blank on birth certificates since 2013 — and this will still be an option under the new legislation — some experts say parents will still be inclined to choose a more traditional approach, noting that in the two years after the blank box option came into effect, only 12 children were registered without a sex marker in the birth registry.
A law recognising a third gender that can be administered for intersex people takes effect in Germany.