Querying medical and legal discourses of queer sexes and genders in South Africa

Authors:

Klein, T.

Source:

Anthropology Matters Journal, Volume 10, Issue 2 (2008)

Abstract:

South Africa is one of the most progressive countries worldwide regarding the rights of people with variations of gender identity and/or sex development. This paper queries medical and legal discourses of queer sex and gender. It takes a look at the medico-legal discourses on people whose identities and/or bodies exist outside of the binary of male and female or transition within this binary in South Africa.