Trans Rights and Wrongs: A Comparative Study of Legal Reform Concerning Trans Persons

In: Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law 54

In: Springer eBook Collection

Abstract

Introduction -- The stakes in sex: obstacles and opportunities in legal reform for trans persons -- X' Why? Gender Markers and Non-Binary Transgender People. PART I: The strong medicalization model -- Gender Identity and the LGBT Movement in Brazil -- The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons in the Republic of Croatia -- The Civil Status of Trans Persons in the Czech Republic -- Reassignment (change) of sex in Poland – the case law phenomenon in a civil law country -- Conditions for the Recognition of the Civil Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons under the Romanian Legal System -- Gender Identity, National Identity and the Right of Self- Determination ~A Peculiar Case of Taiwan -- Conditions Of The Recognition Of The Civil Status Of Transsexual And Transgender Persons In Turkey -- PART II: The soft medicalization model -- Conditions of the recognition of the civil status of transsexual and transgender persons in Austria -- Trans persons in Belgium -- The Civil Status of Transgender and Transsexual Persons in England -- Trans rights in Germany -- The protection of trans rights in Israel -- PART III: Self- determination in the registration of sex -- Argentina, transgender and the development of a human rights discourse -- La Reconnaissance Des Droits Des Personnes Trans Au Canada -- Gender Identity, Human Dignity and Self-Determination in Chile -- The recognition of sexual identity as a source of harm in Colombian Constitutional Law -- Conditions of the recognition of the civil status of transsexual and transgender people Denmark -- The Recognition of the Civil Status of Transgender People in Greece -- The Law Concerning Transgender and Transsexual Persons in Ireland -- Recognition of the civil status of transgender people in Norwegian law -- The Paradox of Transgender Law in Sweden -- Perspectives on History, Medicine, Law, and Regulations for Transgender Persons in the United States.