Overview

• The Bundesrat voted to introduce its own legislative initiative in the Bundestag to ban discrimination based on sexual identity.
• The draft would insert the term “sexuelle Identität” into the first sentence of Article 3, paragraph 3 of the Basic Law.
• Any constitutional amendment requires approval by a two‑thirds majority in both the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
• The initiative originated in Berlin and subsequently gained backing from additional German states.
• Berlin senator Cansel Kiziltepe cited a tangible rise in queerphobic hostility as a reason to explicitly prohibit discrimination in the constitution.