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June 11

Legal or illegal?

In Germany and Ireland, incest (sexual intercourse between lineal ancestors and descendants, or between full and half-siblings) is legal for same-sex couples but illegal for opposite-sex couples, see Legality of incest, however, see Transgender rights in Germany and Transgender rights in Ireland, both Germany and Ireland have self-determination law (self ID), allow everyone to change their legal sex in the civil registry without gender-affirming surgery, so are these four situation legal or illegal in Germany and Ireland?

male trans to female, has sexual intercourse to brother
male trans to female, has sexual intercourse to sister
female trans to male, has sexual intercourse to brother
female trans to male, has sexual intercourse to sister

And will the answer be different if they have done gender-affirming surgery? 61.224.132.200 (talk) 03:20, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As stated at the top of this page, We don't answer (and may remove) questions that require legal advice. In any case, you should never trust random people on the internet for legal advice. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:44, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is not a request for legal advice, it's a request for legal information (there's a difference). In any case, it would need to be decided upon by the courts. If the courts haven't already ruled on the matter, then the question is unanswerable. --Viennese Waltz 09:31, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you'll excuse the expression, it's a case of "suck it and see." {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 188.220.136.217 (talk) 00:57, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Characters 入梅 on Chinese calendar

Why does my Chinese calendar show 入梅 (or something that looks like 入梅) for today, June 11, 2024? Google Translate says it means "plum blossom season". Is there any cultural significance to this, like with cherry blossom season in Japan? And why was this put on this specific day of the calendar, June 11? It is the 6th day of the 5th lunar month: is this relevant? 2601:18A:C500:E830:526A:B17D:E5EF:4ACD (talk) 04:13, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

入梅 refers to the commencement of the rainy season. In particular, it literally refers to entering the rainy season. GalacticShoe (talk) 05:16, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) While the literal meaning is "beginning of plum blossom", Wiktionary defines it as "beginning of the rainy season". Our article East Asian rainy season states that it is also called "the plum rain". --Lambiam 09:59, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To know what is 入梅, you need to know what is 梅雨 (literally means plum rain in China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea). Plum rain is the East Asian rainy season. 入梅 simply means the beginning of the plum rain season. 梅 is more commonly seen plant in China rather than in Japan, therefore I believe (not 100% sure), the term 梅雨 was come from ancient China instead of Japan. However, the first time I heard of the terms 入梅 and 出梅 (literally mean the end of the plum rain season) were in Taiwan, so I'm not sure weather China or Japan are using the same terms or not.

It is true that in Japan, it is the season that cherry blossom and a lot of people from other countries, mainly Asia, go to Japan to appreciate and celebrate the cherry blossom season.

In Taiwan, the Central Meteorological Bureau has a strict definition of the beginning and end of plum rain season. Their definition of 入梅 is the first day of the four consecutive rainly days with an average daily rainfall exceeds 9 mm. Therefore, the date of 入梅 is different year from year. Stanleykswong (talk) 09:35, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]