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Chapter 9 - Legal and Religious Aspects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2020

Christina Richards  and
James Barrett
Christina Richards
Affiliation:
Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health
James Barrett
Affiliation:
Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic
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Summary

The legal aspects of a change of social gender role are important, if for no other reason than the law matters a lot. Sadly in some countries, there is no possibility of a change of legal gender; indeed, there can be appalling prohibitions against it. In others, there is a very limited and onerous set of options. Consequently this chapter will focus upon the UK legal system, as a discussion of all of the varied global legislation associated with gender would be a book in its own right, although interested readers may wish to read the excellent work of the International Lesbian Gay Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA.org) for further detail on this.

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Trans and Non-binary Gender Healthcare for Psychiatrists, Psychologists, and Other Health Professionals , pp. 91 - 105
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Further Reading

Campbell, M., Hinton, J. D., & Anderson, J. R. (2019). A systematic review of the relationship between religion and attitudes toward transgender and gender-variant people. International Journal of Transgenderism, 20(1), 21–38.Google Scholar
Clucas, R., & Whittle, S. (2018). Law. In Richards., C., Bouman., W. P., & Barker, M. J. (eds.), Genderqueer and non-binary genders (pp. 73–99). London: Palgrave-Macmillan.Google Scholar
International Lesbian Gay Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association – ILGA.orgGoogle Scholar
The Yogyakarta Principles. (2007). The Yogyakarta Principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity. Available at www.yogyakartaprinciples.org/principles_en.pdfGoogle Scholar

References

HMSO. (2004). Gender Recognition Act.Google Scholar
HMSO. (2005). The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2005.Google Scholar
HMSO. (2010). The Equality Act.Google Scholar

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