Sexual health justice for women and genderqueers. 

Sexual healthcare in Germany is failing women and genderqueer people. Services like STI screening and counseling are only free for those labeled “high risk,” a category that excludes most of us—because we’re not having sex anyway, right? Doctors receive little training in sex-positive approaches, community clinics are overwhelmed, and systemic barriers persist at every level. This isn’t just oversight—it’s policy. Germany’s harm-focused model reduces sexual health to the prevention of disease and unwanted pregnancy, ignoring its deeper connections to self-determination, bodily autonomy, and reproductive rights, as well as its crucial role in the fight to end gender-based violence. According to the WHO, true sexual health means being able to pursue healthy, consensual, and pleasurable experiences on one’s own terms. Germany’s outdated policies fail to meet that standard. It’s time for change.