Germany: Nyke Slawik talks political aspirations after winning parliament seat as a trans woman

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Twenty-seven-year-old Nyke Slawik of North Rhine-Westphalia became one of the two first transgender women to win parliamentary seats in the German Bundestag.
On Tuesday, The Greens’ politician shared her hopes and dreams for her political career, lambasted the long-ruling CDU/CSU for their ‘obstructive’ handling of the LGBT rights in Germany and speculated on the possible coalition formation in the Federal Republic.
Along with fellow Greens party member Tessa Ganserer, Slawik became the first openly transgender person elected to the German Bundestag.

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “It is a tremendous honour to be here in the heart of democracy and I know that my election gives hope to many young people that they are now more strongly represented in this German Bundestag and also that Trans people in Germany and people who are not somehow one hundred percent defined as men or women, because gender is very diverse, are now a very strong sign and I would like to fight for their human rights in the next German Bundestag.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “Personally, when I was a teenager and got into politics, I didn’t have any role models at all, and actually it was also the case that trans-sexuality was only ever known to the public from a special series of sensationalist reports.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “I said at the time, hey, I don’t know any people who are really open about it and maybe I have to start doing it myself and I don’t want to give other people control over my story and my life but I want to deal with it in a self-determined way and I also want to be part of the change in society that maybe in a few years will no longer play a role but I think we are still milking it because we still have these laws that discriminate against trans people and we still experience massive bullying today.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German):” I have the feeling that society has really changed a lot in the last few years, so that many trans people are now saying I don’t want to hide, I just want to be accepted the way I am.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “But politics is just unbelievably falling behind, and I have to be honest and say that the CDU/CSU in particular has been extremely obstructive in recent years as far as equality for many people is concerned.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “The first and most important is the German Transsexual Act, which simply violates the human rights of trans people on a massive scale - it is unconstitutional in many parts.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “But also that issues such as the blood donation ban, yes that gay bisexual men and also trans people are prohibited from donating blood but also the parentage law where for example lesbian couples cannot have themselves recognized as employees, person cannot be recognized as parents in their correct gender entry.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “There are simply so many laws that have not yet arrived in the social reality of 2021 with a view to queer people.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “We Greens now simply have the historic responsibility to make the next federal government a climate government - we need an immediate climate protection agenda and that includes, among other things, getting out of lignite much sooner.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “Another topic is the traffic turnaround Everywhere in Germany, new highways are to be built or existing ones expanded in the next few years 850 km by 2030.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “I don’t think that the Union has a mandate to govern from the election results, because if we look at the gains and losses of the parties, then we Greens have gained a lot on the SPD, the Union has achieved its worst result ever, they have lost a lot and I think most Germans simply don’t want Armin Laschet to be chancellor and that’s why I find it difficult to imagine that the Union will do so at the moment.”

SOT, Nyke Slawik, Member of Alliance 90/The Greens of the Bundestag (German): “Of course, on climate protection because we Greens have to negotiate very hard with everyone, but when it comes to social and human rights issues, like the minimum wage, affordable rents, reforming Hartz4 or the human rights of queer people like me, I don’t know how we’re going to do that with the Union.”
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