She wanted to silence me. She got a verdict.
Public outcry as a counterforce to the transgender ideological spiral of silence – or how Sabine Maur ushered in her resignation through a legal proceeding against me
For many years, transgender activist groups, doctors and therapists have been able to defame criticism and discourse regarding their worldview as transphobic, misanthropic or far-right. Such defamation can have serious consequences and, for example, jeopardise one’s reputation and professional livelihood. Trans activists have repeatedly gone so far as to make open threats of violence or even carry out physical attacks on people who insist on the fact of human binary gender, on women who defend their rights, or on scientists who critically examine transgender-affirmative interventions from a scientific perspective. In my case, countless attempts to make me a criminal have failed1 – as has the current proceedings.
Resignation of a key figure
In Germany, only a handful of individuals determine the course of transactivism. However, many of them hold key positions, are very well connected and have been able to influence the media and politics in their favour for years.
My refusal to remain silent has now led to the resignation of a key figure:2 Sabine Maur, Vice-President of the Federal Chamber of Psychotherapists and President of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Psychotherapists, stepped down from her posts on 23 March 2026.3 Her resignation is based, among other things, on a court ruling4 in summary proceedings which she had brought against me over a leaked training video and a tweet.
As a co-author, Sabine Maur played a key role in shaping the controversial and non-evidence-based guideline on the treatment of children and adolescents with so-called ‘gender incongruence’.5 She promoted this guideline at press conferences,6 in media appearances and during training sessions. As a child and adolescent psychotherapist, she has also issued referral letters for gender-affirming interventions.
In a case that received media attention, one of her clients7 had already undergone testosterone treatment at the age of 15, a mastectomy at 168, and a so-called penoid operation also at 169. Maur was also co-author of a work on professional ethics in child and adolescent psychotherapy.10 In a recent speech on Holocaust Remembrance Day, she equated her own profession – psychotherapy – with Nazi crimes, arguing that so-called ‘transgender’ individuals are forced into psychotherapy by health insurance providers in order to obtain a referral letter for gender-affirming procedures.11 Since her time as president of the Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Psychotherapists, psychotherapists’ participation in the quality circle of the transgender lobby association dgti e.V. has been rewarded with continuing professional development credits.12
The video that changed everything
She outlined her ethical views, amongst other things, in a training session, a short clip of which has been circulating on X since September 2025.13 In this video, she explains what psychotherapists must enter on a referral form for so-called non-binary people so that these procedures are funded by health insurance. This contradicts current case law.
A 2023 ruling by the Federal Social Court14 established that health insurance companies are currently not obliged to cover procedures for ‘non-binary’ individuals. As a rule, these involve requested mastectomies for girls and young women – as was the case in the matter that led to the lawsuit before the Federal Social Court.
In the video, Ms Maur speaks of “bizarre ethical conflicts”, as she is not allowed to lie to health insurance companies, but wants to help so-called “non-binary” people and encourage them to be honest. “Non-binary” means that a person does not wish to identify with either a female or a male gender role.
The tweet that led to the lawsuit
As part of a thread on the planned ban on conversion therapy at EU level, at the end of January 2026 I addressed Ms Maur’s significant role in the normalisation of transgender-affirming procedures in Germany and her leaked practice regarding indications, and shared a video by the user Eder-Kirsch as evidence. I was unaware at the time that the video had been recorded without permission. My thread reached a very limited audience – by my standards.
Nevertheless, Ms Maurs’s lawyer sent me a warning letter.
As I consider it important that this information regarding the statements made by a leading chamber official be discussed publicly, I did not sign the warning letter. I engaged my lawyer, Dr Roman Lammers, who drafted a reply.
I did not mention publicly that she had sent me a warning letter. Nor did I share the video again – any more than I did the tweet at the centre of the dispute. Without any action on my part, the video nevertheless achieved a high six-figure reach on Eder-Kirsch. Eventually, even the large newspaper WELT15 reported on Ms Maurs’ statements, and WELT was also threatened with legal action by Ms Maurs’ lawyer.
From the outset, several lawyers confirmed to me that Ms Maurs had very little chance of succeeding should she apply for an injunction. Nevertheless, she ultimately decided to file such an application against me at the Berlin II Regional Court, seeking to compel me to delete the tweet and the video, to refrain from making further statements of that nature, and to pay the costs of the proceedings and her lawyer’s fees.
Solidarity in real time
It was only at THAT point that I publicly disclosed the action Sabine Maur had taken against me. Thanks to Eva Engelken and the Frauenheldinnen, a Funder campaign16 for my legal aid was set up on the association’s website. Within 36 hours, the initial funding target of €15,000 had largely been reached. This demonstrates the high level of public interest in the case and the willingness of many people to offer their support. Thank you very much once again for your wonderful support!
As part of ongoing proceedings against me, I must be particularly careful with my choice of words. This has been taken into account by the Frauenheldinnen in their publications regarding the proceedings. There can therefore be no question of a “transphobic hate campaign” – as claimed by trans activists, QueerNet Rhineland-Palatinate and queer.de. Anyone is welcome to see this for themselves on the Frauenheldinnen’s website or on my X profile.17
QueerNet Rhineland-Palatinate – an association working closely with Ms Maur, whose board includes the trans-activist police officer Diana Gläßer from Mainz – also gives the impression, through omissions, that I took Ms Maur to court.18
Yet the exact opposite is true: Ms Maur took ME to court.
Three judges, three hours, one offer – and a wrong decision
During the three-hour court hearing on 10 March19, the three judges sought to reach a settlement. I would have had to delete my tweet and rewrite it using two different phrases. I would also have had to agree to delete the video. However, despite repeated explicit warnings from the three judges, Ms Maur and her lawyer insisted on a verdict and were not prepared to settle.
In doing so, Ms Maur effectively sealed her own downfall.
Acquittal for public criticism
The judgement was served on me on Friday, 13 March. Ms Maur lost three-quarters of the case and must therefore bear three-quarters of the legal costs. The video was declared a record of contemporary history, as it is of significant public interest, and may continue to be shared without penalty. At the same time, the three judges expressed strong criticism of the conduct displayed by Ms Maur in her role as a leading chamber official in the field of professional development.
“The fact that the applicant, as a representative of her profession who is distinguished in several respects, on the one hand monitors and penalises compliance with professional duties, whilst on the other hand behaving in a manner contrary to professional law by withholding information essential to the obligation to bear costs from the payers of psychotherapeutic services, and, moreover, suggests to members of her profession at internal events that they adopt billing practices that do not comply with the law, is therefore of particular interest to the general public,” the court ruled.
I myself had to delete two words from my introductory tweet, which the court deemed to be an expression of opinion infringing on personal rights. However, as one cannot edit older tweets on X, I had to delete the tweet (which hardly anyone was interested in anyway) in its entirety.
Criticism is not hate – and I haven’t been silent for years
To this day, I cannot understand why she chose to issue a warning to me of all people, as there were many others who shared the video and commented on it far more harshly – many of them using their real names.
The only explanation I can think of for why I, of all people, became the target is that I have been a thorn in the side of trans activists for years with my open criticism. Ms Maur had shared tweets of mine on several occasions in her training sessions and Instagram Stories, describing them, among other things, as “medical harassment”. Taking a strongly critical stance towards her, as one of the main figures responsible for the transgender-affirming agenda in Germany, is deemed undesirable, harassment and “transphobic”. For years, this approach has worked very well in keeping critics at bay and denying them the right to hold a legitimate position.
However, so-called “transphobia” is not a valid argument, either in the discourse of opinion or, indeed, in a legal or scientific sense. The court has expressly confirmed that my public criticism of Sabine Maur as a chamber official and trans activist is permissible.
It must also be permissible to view a transgender-affirming worldview critically, as it propagates the idea that people can be born in the ‘wrong’ bodies and must undergo invasive medical correction. Even children are expected to be capable of giving consent to procedures that have lifelong consequences and are highly likely to lead to sterility – a criminal offence in Germany. Germany – unlike many other European countries – continues to pursue a course that disrupts the healthy development of children into adults and thereby demonstrably endangers their health. The claim that puberty blockers are a blessing20 or even prevent suicides has long been refuted.
Normalised, glorified, endangered
The trend – particularly among girls and young women – of having their breasts removed and injecting testosterone to escape their existence as women continues in Germany. Social media, as well as programmes on public service broadcasting, are full of influencers who glorify these body-damaging practices. Clinics can now advertise what they do bluntly and openly, boasting of rising surgery figures. It has become normalised and is portrayed as a heroic act for young women to have their breasts removed, or to have flesh shaved off their arms and thighs and their genitals mutilated to simulate a penis – one of the procedures with the most severe complications.
Non-binary as a dangerous door-opener
Ultimately, the term ‘non-binary’ opens the door to limitless elective surgeries and hormone experiments. In Germany, it is currently mainly young women who wish to have their breasts removed. In the USA, so-called ‘nullification’ surgeries21 are offered to non-binary people. In these procedures, all primary and secondary sexual characteristics are removed. A smooth surface remains in the groin area. Such an intervention into physical integrity has already been suggested in the Queerlexikon forum22 to a minor girl as a solution to her profound rejection of her own female body.
Speak out against ignorance and silence
Our Health Minister has only just shirked her responsibility and tasked the G-BA (Joint Federal Committee) with devising regulations in this area.23 We should monitor this closely, comment on it critically in public, and under no circumstances allow ourselves to be deterred by accusations of so-called ‘transphobia’.
https://www.juris.de/static/infodienst/autoren/D_NJRE001636257.htm
https://segm.org/German-guidelines-gender-dysphoria-youth-2025
https://dgti.org/2023/01/03/qualitaetszirkel-psychotherapeutinnen/
https://www.bsg.bund.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2023/2023_34.html
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/plus698c7445214ef648aed06183/trans-personen-beknackte-ethische-konflikte-und-wie-die-kasse-trotzdem-zahlen-soll.html
https://www.frauenheldinnen.de/project/rechtshilfe-rona-duwe-vs-transmedizin/
https://x.com/ronalyze
https://queernet-rlp.de/eine-transfeindliche-kampagne-mit-folgen/
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2729646936
https://us-uk.bookimed.com/article/nullification-surgery/
https://queer-lexikon.net/2024/02/05/kummerkastenantwort-4-456-ich-habe-dysphorie-im-genitalbereich-und-weiss-nicht-wie-ich-damit-umgehen-soll/