Claudia Sabine Meier

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Claudia Sabine Meier (* 25. October 1968 as Andreas Meier Heribert in Bern , Switzerland ) is a Swiss activist for improving the situation of transgender people in Switzerland. She describes herself as a 'life artist'.

Life

Meier grew up in Schwefelbergbad and completed numerous training courses in the hotel business. She graduated, among other things, as a federal. Graduate in business administration and entrepreneur. She also trained as a coach, personnel diagnostician and developer at various universities of applied sciences. Meier married and had a daughter, later divorced. Sex reassignment surgery followed in Munich in 2012 .

Between 2000 and 2012, Meier ran the Resort Hotel Schwefelberg-Bad, which he had taken over from his parents . She sold the hotel in 2012 in order to reorient herself and finally to be able to dedicate herself to the operation in Munich. Meier achieved media presence primarily through his life as a hotelier and the implementation of various precedents for transgender people in Switzerland.

It is thanks to her that the name change in the canton of Bern for transgender people has been easier since 2011 . By clever use of the media, this led to motions in the Bern government. After this change, the first name was changed from Mr. Andreas Heribert to Mr. Claudia Sabine, which however, in Switzerland, has no effect on the gender entry.

Since Switzerland has no special law for trans people, Meier campaigned in 2012 for the precedent to be able to implement the gender change purely on an expert level without medical measures. In the 3rd quarter of 2012, the regional court of Bern-Mittelland decided with the decision CIV 12 1217 JAC that neither hormone therapy nor surgical intervention was necessary for changing the civil status; appropriate psychological reports are decisive. Only then was the gender entry changed from '' M '' to '' F ''.

In 2014 she applied as a former Fourier to the Swissint of the Swiss Army . Despite Article 25.60 (“Disruption of gender identity”) in the Nosologia Militaris , which stipulates that transgender people are absolutely unfit for service in the Swiss army, she performed a Swisscoy mission in Kosovo , not as a Fourier, but as a cook. The program “Mensch Claudia” broadcast in the series “Reporter on SRF1” shows that this was the agreement between Meier and the army to find a consensus to qualify them as the first transgender person in the Swiss army.

She uses lectures and workshops in schools, companies and organizations to promote greater understanding in society for trans people. Accompanies and coaches those affected in Switzerland. Meier announced an autobiography with the name Oh Mann, Frau Meier in the show Giacobbo / Müller in 2016 , which was published in March 2018. Meier has been mentioned in numerous domestic and foreign media and is considered a well-known trans woman in Switzerland.

Documentaries

  • Rolf Dietrich: Reporter From Andreas to Claudia SRF 2011, 23 min.
  • Rolf Dietrich: Human Claudia SRF 2014, 24 min.
  • Luc Walproth : What is courage and how does it get us further ?, What-if film series, Mobiliar Insurance 10min

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Transsexuality: changing names takes time . In: Berner Zeitung, Berner Zeitung . September 13, 2011, ISSN  1424-1021 ( bernerzeitung.ch [accessed on November 11, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Andreas is now officially Claudia . In: Der Bund, Der Bund . October 16, 2011, ISSN  0774-6156 ( derbund.ch [accessed November 11, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Like an incorrectly packaged strawberry yogurt . In: Freiburger Nachrichten - News from Freiburg . ( freiburger-nachrichten.ch [accessed on November 11, 2017]).
  4. ↑ As the first transgender in the Swiss Army In: blick.ch of July 26, 2014
  5. ↑ Blick: Transgender ban in the US military: "Trump is unfortunate" . ( blick.ch [accessed on November 11, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Your male first name is history . In: bernerzeitung.ch/ . ( newsnet.ch [accessed on November 11, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Transgender - determine the gender yourself? Swiss Radio and Television SRF, August 11, 2015, accessed on November 11, 2017 (Swiss Standard German).
  8. ↑ «I was, am and will remain a strawberry yogurt» | prism . In: prisma . ( prisma-hsg.ch [accessed on November 11, 2017]).
  9. ↑ Wolf Röcken: "Adieu Herr Meier - greetings Frau Meier" . In: Tages-Anzeiger, Tages-Anzeiger . February 28, 2011, ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed November 11, 2017]).
  10. ^ Regional court Bern-Mittelland with the decision CIV 12 1217 JAC Transsexualität # Switzerland
  11. ^ Decision of the regional court of the Canton of Bern Mittelland of September 12, 2012 ; Wolf Röcken: Even without an operation, Claudia Meier is a woman before the law. In: Berner Zeitung . September 17, 2012 ( bernerzeitung.ch ).
  12. ↑ From Andreas to Claudia - TV. Retrieved November 11, 2017 .
  13. ^ Die Mobiliar: Mobiliar Akzente 2016: Claudia Sabine Meier - The Transgender Woman. February 23, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2017 .
  14. ↑ With Claudia Sabine Meier and Hazel Brugger. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, September 25, 2016, accessed on November 11, 2017 (Swiss Standard German).
  15. ↑ From Andreas to Claudia - TV. Retrieved November 11, 2017 .
  16. ↑ The first transgender woman in the army. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, January 23, 2015, accessed on November 11, 2017 (Swiss Standard German).
  17. ↑ Luc Walproth: What if being brave is always worthwhile? In: Was-if film series, Mobiliar Versicherung film series. Mobiliar Insurance, January 16, 2017, accessed on November 11, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Meier, Claudia Sabine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meier, Andreas Heribert (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss trans activist
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern , Switzerland