Residents of a village in eastern Germany have voted in a referendum to dismiss their mayor after he announced he was changing sexes. The vote in Quellendorf, near Leipzig, went against Norbert Lindner, a 40-year-old married father of two who earlier this year assumed a female identity and began calling himself Michaela. Lindner, who is awaiting a sex change operation, said he had hoped his constituents would be more tolerant. He also said that he now expects to leave Quellendorf, and possibly Germany altogether.
Electoral Shift
Residents of a village in eastern Germany have voted in a referendum to dismiss their mayor after he announced he was changing sexes. The vote in Quellendorf, near Leipzig, went against Norbert Lindner, a 40-year-old married father of two who earlier this year assumed a female identity and began calling himself Michaela. Lindner, who is awaiting a sex change operation, said he had hoped his constituents would be more tolerant. He also said that he now expects to leave Quellendorf, and possibly Germany altogether.
