The legal status of transsexual and transgender persons / edited by Jens M. Scherpe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scherpe, Jens M., 1971- editor.

University of Hong Kong. Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trans people--Legal status, laws, etc.

Trans people.

Transsexuals--Legal status, laws, etc.

Transgender people--Legal status, laws, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 663 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Intersentia Limited, 2015.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

The need to allow a change of legal sex/gender in certain cases is no longer disputed in most jurisdictions, and for European countries there is no question as to whether such a change should be allowed after the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Goodwin volume United Kingdom (Application numbers 28957/95). The question has therefore shifted to what the requirements for such a change of the legal sex/gender should be. Many jurisdictions have legislated or developed an administrative approach to changing sex/gender, but the requirements differ significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, particularly with regard to age, nationality and marital status, as well as the medical and psychological requirements. The latter in some jurisdictions still include surgery and sterility as a precondition, thus potentially forcing the persons concerned to choose between the recognition of their sex/gender identity and their physical integrity. The book also examines questions that are thus far under-researched, namely what the full legal consequences of a change of legal sex/gender should be, for example with regard to existing legal relationships such as marriages and registered partnerships, but also concerning children and parentage. The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons is the result of an international research project, including not only national reports from 14 European and non-European jurisdictions but also two chapters that look at legal sex/gender changes from a Christian perspective and one chapter from a medical-psychological perspective. The final comparative chapter compares and contrasts the different approaches and requirements and makes recommendations for best practice and law reform.

Contents:

Transgenderism and transsexuality : medical and psychological viewpoints / Friedmann Pfäfflin

Transgenderism and the Christian church : an overview / Duncan Dormor

Metamorphosis and (trans) migrations : spiritual dimensions of gender transition/ Christina Beardsley

Belgium and the Netherlands / Walter Pintens

Czech Republic / Barbara Havelková

Denmark / Natalie Videbæk Munkholm

England and Wales / Stephen Gilmore

Germany / Anatol Dutta

Ireland / Brian Sloan

Italy / Maria Giovanna Cubeddu Wiedemann

Spain / Josep Ferrer Riba and Albert Lamarca Marquès

Sweden / Jameson Garland

Turkey / Yeşim M. Atamer

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region / Athena Nga-chee Liu

Japan / Yuko Nishitani

Singapore / Terry Sheung-Hung Kaan

Taiwan / Chung-hsing Ho

Varieties of decision-making : reflections on deciding Re Kevin / Richard Chisholm

Australia / Rachel Wallbank

New Zealand / Elisabeth McDonald and Jack Byrne

Argentina / Laura Maria Giosa, María Victoria Schiro and Peter Dunne

USA / Jameson Garland

Comparative analysis and recommendations / Jens M. Scherpe and Peter Dunne.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781780685588

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