...So far, however, it has not been clear as to how people who have their genders altered should be dealt with in the event of war. Because so far, according to German legislation, the question of who will defend the country has been: "all men over the age of 18 who are Germans in the sense of the Basic Law".
In the draft for the new law, which is available to t-online, the following is now formulated as such: If war breaks out, transgendered persons will also be inducted - if gender change is placed in "immediate temporal connection with the case of tension and defense". However, this also makes it clear that in the event of defense, transgendered persons are also obliged to serve in armed conflicts...