Vienna administrative court sees change as attempt to avoid women's prison
AI-generated summary
In Austria, a person's gender change from male to female was reversed because the court believed the change was intended to serve a sentence in a women's prison and provoke judicial authorities. The person has several previous convictions, most recently for violations of the Nazi Prohibition Act and was sentenced to 20 months in prison. A similar case concerns the German right-wing extremist Marla Svenja Liebich, who had her gender entry changed in 2023 before her prison sentence and was then taken to a men's prison.
In Austria, a court reversed a person's gender transition from male to female. The Vienna Administrative Court came to the conclusion that the last person under the name “Waltraud P.” a known person had changed his registered gender in order to be able to serve a sentence in a women's prison and to provoke judicial authorities. P. has several previous convictions and was most recently sentenced to 20 months in prison for violating the Nazi Prohibition Act.
P.'s lawyer told the German Press Agency that she would appeal against the court's decision. The Austrian news agency APA had previously reported.
In another interview, the person also spoke about feeling like a woman. However, a psychological expert did not find sufficient evidence for this, as the court noted. Now he is threatened with imprisonment in a men's prison. An application for an ankle bracelet was rejected by the judiciary, but the lawyer did not rule out an appeal on this aspect either.
Parallels to neo-Nazi Marla Svenja Liebich
The case is similar to that of Marla Svenja Liebich. The German right-wing extremist was sentenced to one and a half years in prison by the Halle district court in 2023 - before the gender entry was changed - for incitement to hatred, slander and insult. Before the planned start of prison, Liebich had his gender entry changed.
Liebich escaped and was caught in the Czech Republic. She was transferred to Germany last July and, despite being female, was taken to the Zeithain men's prison in Saxony. The Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt says it has initiated legal steps for a possible correction of the gender entry.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Waltraud P.'s lawyer is appealing against the decision of the Vienna Administrative Court.
Likely · Within weeks
The person will be transferred to a men's prison if the decision becomes final.
Likely · Within weeks
The Saalekreis is taking legal action to correct Marla Svenja Liebich's gender record.
Very likely · Within weeks

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