Youngest MP
Non-Binär in the Bundestag: Are you fighting against queer hostility, Lizzy Schubert?
Young people in parliament are rare and therefore special. Also Lisa Schubert. How does the 22-year-old left and student want to use her mandate? A call in Düsseldorf.
Lisa Schubertalias “Lizzy”, has a lot to do: a few weeks ago she learned that she should move into the Bundestag. In the event of the early Bundestag election in February, she had received an election sluggish. The mandate narrowly missed her. So tight that she moves in a few months later. From August 1st, she is to replace her party colleague Uwe Foulloung in Berlin, who clears his seat for health reasons.
The 22-year-old student is not only the youngest MP in the Bundestag, but also his first non-binary member. She now stays two weeks to prepare for the job as a full -time politician. Between the exam phase and the first faction sessions, she still had time to star To tell what she wants to achieve in parliament and how she wants to do this next to her studies.
Lisa Schubert, they are currently making headlines because they are the first non-binary person in the Bundestag move in – although you have never made your gender identity up public. Does that bother you?
Not directly. I always wanted to deal with it openly because I feel more comfortable when people know how to address me. My pronouns are on Instagram and in my application for the Bundestag election 2025 I also addressed it. But I don’t want my policy to overshadow it.
Why overshadow? You have in Election campaign finally advertised with feminist and queer politics. You could have combined that with your gender identity?
Source: Stern
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