Maria Sabine Augstein

Maria Sabine Augstein (* 1949 in Hanover ) is a German lawyer who works primarily for the rights of transsexual people.

Life

As the oldest child of German publisher Rudolf Augstein and his wife Lore Ostermann studied Augstein after school law . Augstein underwent gender reassignment surgery in 1977 at the age of 28 . She successfully campaigned for the rights of transsexual people in Germany in various court cases. In 1992, she ordered the bid for the first prominent lesbian couple Hella von Sinnen and Cornelia Scheel , but this was rejected at the time. The registry offices in Germany were only opened in 2001 with the Civil Partnership Act . Augstein has lived with the painter and photographer Inea Gukema-Augstein since 1978, in a registered partnership since 2001 . The couple live in Tutzing . In spring 2015 she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for her many years of work.

Awards

2008: Civil courage award of the CSD Berlin
2013: Maneo Tolerantia Award
2015: Federal Cross of Merit

literature

Friedemann Pfäfflin , Astrid Junge, Maria-Sabine Augstein: Gender reassignment: Treatises on transsexuality . Schattauer-Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-7945-1512-9 .
Manfred Bruns, Rainer Kemper, Maria Sabine Augstein: Civil partnership law: hand comment . Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2006, ISBN 978-3-8329-1182-9 .
Sarah Schumann, Inea Gukema-Augstein, Eva Müller, Friedemann Pfäfflin, Karl-Michael Armer: The intimate look: Maria Sabine Augstein. Photographs by Inea Gukema-Augstein 1985 - 1988 . Self-published by Inea Gukema-Augstein, Tutzing 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-023792-8 .
Maria Sabine Augstein: On the transsexual law . In: The registry office . No. 1 , 1971, p. 10-16 .

Web links

Literature by and about Maria Sabine Augstein in the catalog of the German National Library
Dagmar von Taube: From man to woman: Maria Sabine Augstein In: Die Welt , January 29, 2007
BZ “The intimate view” of Maria Sabine Augstein. Report on the exhibition, March 2008

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Dagmar von Taube: From man to woman: Maria Sabine Augstein . In: The world . January 29, 2007 ( welt.de [accessed August 4, 2018]).
^ Frankfurter Rundschau Online on September 29, 2011: Same-sex partnerships - gay civil servant gets money. Retrieved November 16, 2011 .
↑ Inea Gukema-Augstein: Vita. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .
↑ Simone Schmollack: Cross of Merit for Trans-Activist. Fought for rights. In: taz.de. March 23, 2015, accessed April 2, 2015 .
↑ Thomas Loy: Parade with real cowboys. In: tagesspiegel.de. June 26, 2008, accessed April 2, 2015 .
↑ Laura Fölmer: How a difficult topic is served "easily digestible". In: Berliner Morgenpost. October 28, 2013, accessed April 2, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Augstein, Maria Sabine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanover , Germany

[welt-1] Dagmar von Taube: From man to woman: Maria Sabine Augstein . In: The world . January 29, 2007 ( welt.de [accessed August 4, 2018]).

[2] Frankfurter Rundschau Online on September 29, 2011: Same-sex partnerships - gay civil servant gets money. Retrieved November 16, 2011 .

[3] Inea Gukema-Augstein: Vita. Retrieved August 4, 2018 .

[4] Simone Schmollack: Cross of Merit for Trans-Activist. Fought for rights. In: taz.de. March 23, 2015, accessed April 2, 2015 .

[5] Thomas Loy: Parade with real cowboys. In: tagesspiegel.de. June 26, 2008, accessed April 2, 2015 .

[6] Laura Fölmer: How a difficult topic is served "easily digestible". In: Berliner Morgenpost. October 28, 2013, accessed April 2, 2015 .