1w ago

news from Czech Republic rule!

Today's news told in names of two Czech companies.
Unfortunately, it took backlash from EU to turn the needle but they did it. Now one "only" needs 2 doctors' recommendation, 1 year testing period, and then 2 more notes from doctors.

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1w ago

Starting today, my country no longer has a barbaric gender policy!

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pride month is over
[picture of entrance to Proficis, a small printer repair company]
I don't get it. Happy Trans is obvious
- As Pride Month ends, companies are abandoning colorful stripes. Yes, it's not very fitting but there isn't a company called Sad Trans CZ, okay?
  
  ok, but I don't see how the image shows abanoning colorful stripes. Is it the fact that it's a printer repair shop? I don't speak czech
A rare victory for human dignity and common sense in my home country, wow.
- I think our country is headed in the right direction, just very slowly. Gay marriage and abortion rights have been stuck in an awkward position for years but I believe we'll get there.
Good post, very funny. Sending love from Germany!
FYI it's called Czechia now :)
- ...not until they file two doctors' recommendations, a one-year waiting period, and two more notes from doctors...
  
  Yup, the name change is tied to gender: you can't have a traditional Czech female name as an official male and vice versa, and there are no gender-neutral ones (our language is very gendered and nobody has developed a neutral framework that more than a handful of people would use). Transgender people would try to register diminutives Péťa (Petr/Petra) or Míša (Micha(e)l/Michaela) but end up needing an extra psychologist's note for them. Only foreign gender-neutral diminutives such as Alex (Alexander/Alexandra) that had a history of being registered by either gender would be easy to obtain.
  It's still fucked up that the year is meant to "test-drive" the gender but one still has to use their AGAB-gendered name in all but informal communications. And wigs are forbidden on ID card photos, of course.
- Yup, Czechia is the preferred name, but either can be used. Inside the country, it's like 5% pro-short-name, 5% pro-long-name, 30% don't speak English, and 60% don't care.
  We use "Česko" all the time even though it's "Česká republika" (ČR) in all official documents. The historical lands (Bohemia, Moravia, part of Silesia) have nice short names already but "Czech" was a nationality before it was a country, which is why putting it in line with the others feels off. (Yes, there was a country that encompassed all of Czech Republic and more, called Království české (Kingdom of Bohemia) but Moravians didn't complain because české means either Bohemian or Czech in Czech.)

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