Overview

This book 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 an extensive range of primary and secondary research materials, are combined to provide an insightful analysis into the inadequacies of current law.

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Author:   Stephen Whittle (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.Manchester Metropolitan U.)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge Cavendish
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781859417430

ISBN 10:   1859417434
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   17 September 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 ; Chapter 2 Legal Madness: Transsexualism; Chapter 3 Transsexual Denial: Socially Constructing the Legal Body; Chapter 4 Still Gender Fucking or Still Fucking Gender? 1 A version of this paper was first published in Ekins and King, 1996. This version has been updated to take on board recent events; Chapter 5 The Trans-Cyberian Mail Way 1 This Chapter was originally published in (1998) 7(3) Social and Legal Studies 389–408. It has been updated for this book; Chapter 6 Institutionalised Employment Discrimination and Transsexual People 1 A shorter version of this Chapter was published as ‘New-ism’s transsexual people and institutionalised discrimination in Employment Law’ (1999) 4(1) Contemporary Issues in Law. This Chapter has been extensively revised to include more background and to bring it up to date; Chapter 7 Sex and Marriage: Go Together like a …? 1 This Chapter was previously published in Wintemute, R and Andeaes, M, Legal Recognition of Same Sex Partnerships, 2001, London: Hart. It has been revised and updated for this book; Chapter 8 Gemeinschaftsfremden 1 Gemeinschaftsfremden is the German language title of the 1943 Nazi draft law on the ‘handling of social aliens’, which provided the framework for the compulsory castration of homosexual men in Nazi concentration camps. This Chapter was originally published in Beresford, S, Monk, D and Moran, L (eds), Legal Queeries, 1998, London: Blackwell, pp 42–56. It has been revised and updated for inclusion here. – Or how to be Shafted by your Friends: Sterilisation Requirements and Legal Status Recognition for the Transsexual; Chapter 9 Seeking a Gendered Adolescence: Liability and Ethics Surrounding Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria 1 Co-author Catherine Downs. This essay was first published in Heinze, E, Of Innocence and Autonomy: Children, Sex and Human Rights, 2000, Aldershot: Dartmouth; Chapter 10 European Transgender Rights: New Identity Politics for a New Age; Chapter 11 The Praxis and Politics of Policing: Problems Facing Trans People 1 Co-authors for this Chaptere Catherine Little, Principal Lecturer in Law, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Paula Stephens; Chapter 12 Prison Provision for Trans People; Chapter 13 ‘Gender Identity’: Proposed Additional Protocol Broadening Art 14 of the European Convention; The Need for Express Inclusion 1 Submission of ILGA-Europe, the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association, to the Steering Committee on Human Rights, Council of Europe. Drafted for the Board of ILGA-Europe by Dr Stephen Whittle, School of Law, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, with the assistance of Dr Robert Wintemute, School of Law, King’s College, University of London; Chapter 14 Surgical Requirements for Legal Recognition: Why a Vaginectomy should not be Demanded of a Transsexual Man; Chapter 15 Transsexual People in the Military; Chapter 16 A Temporary Asylum Appeal for a Transsexual Prisoner;

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Stephen Whittle is Reader in Law at Manchester Metropolitan University, and is also Vice-President of Press For Change, the UK's lobby group campaigning for respect and equality for transgender people.

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