Overview

• After receiving a prison admission notice, Walter P. changed legal gender to female, with reports saying the move cleared the way to serve the sentence in a women’s facility.
• The Pensionsversicherungsanstalt informed Waltraud of eligibility for earlier retirement at 61 instead of 65 and now says it will reexamine the case.
• Waltraud publicly maintains she is a woman and indicates readiness for a court fight over pension eligibility.
• Attorney Florian Knaipp says Austria lacks clear standards for determining legal sex in prison and pension decisions and urges lawmakers to close gaps.
• Waltraud says she plans to enter women’s weightlifting competitions and believes she could secure a top placing with training.