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Author Whittle, Stephen, 1955-

Title Respect and equality : transsexual and transgender rights / Stephen Whittle
Published London ; Portland, OR : Cavendish Pub., 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 308 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Disembodies law: trans people's legal (outer)space -- 2. Legal madness: transsexualism -- 3. Transsexual denial: socially constructing the legal body -- 4. Still gender fucking or still fucking gender? -- 5. The trans-cyberian mail way -- 6. Institutionalised employment discrimination and transsexual people -- 7. Sex and marriage: go together like a ...? -- 8. Gemeinschaftsfremden -- or how to be shafted by your friends: sterilisation requirements and legal status recognitition for the transsexual -- 9. Seeking a gendered adolescence: liability and ethics surrounding adolescents with gender dysphoria -- 10. European transgender rights: new identity politics for a new age -- 11. The praxis and politics of polcing: problems facing trans people -- 12. Prison provision for trans people -- 13. 'Gedner identity': proposed additional protocol broadening Article 14 of the European Convention; the need for express inclusion -- 14. Surgical requirements for legal recognition: why a vaginectomy should not be demanded of a transsexual man -- 15. Transsexual people in the military -- 16. A temporary asylum appeal for a transsexual prisoner
Summary The author argues that current law does not adequately provide for transgender people and calls for respect and equality before the law. Theoretical discussions of sex, sexuality, gender and law, and a range of primary and secondary research materials are combined to provide an insightful analysis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index
Notes English
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Subject Transsexuals -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain
Transsexuals -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Transgender people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain
Transgender people -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Sex and law.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Sex and law
Transgender people -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Transsexuals -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Transseksualiteit.
Juridische aspecten.
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003270652
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