For 30 years, Marla-Svenja Liebich, a bearded 55-year-old eastern German, was a full-throated neo-Nazi, with a string of convictions for incitement against minorities including queer people, dubbed “societal parasites”.After the latest incitement conviction in July 2023, however, Liebich used Germany’s self-determination Act to apply to shed her old identity and name – male, Sven – to become Marla-Svenja, female.Liebich appeared in court for sentencing wearing a straw hat, lipstick, earrings and a leopard print dress – and insisted on sitting out her 18-month term in a women’s prison. The court complied but, instead of presenting herself at prison last August,...