Search
Bookmark Us
UK
Crossing and Not Crossing: Gender, Sexuality and Melancholy in the European Court of Human Rights
Thu, 06/07/2007 - 10:57am — lmdickeyPublication Type:
Journal ArticleSource:
Feminist Legal Studies, Volume 11, Number 2, p.191 (2003)ISBN:
0966-3622Accession Number:
16630271Abstract:
In the cases of Goodwin v. U.K. and I. v. U.K. the European Court of Human Rights held the U.K. Government to be in breach of Articles 8 and 12 of the European Convention for denying certain rights and entitlements, particularly the right to marry, to post-operative transsexuals. This article argues that although on some level these are welcome decisions, they are also conservative and recuperative in that they seek to shore up traditional binarist ideas of gender and sexuality. The article concludes, however, that the Court's conservatism is problematic in a number of ways; and that it may be most profitable to read these cases as an invitation to imagine further and more profound challenges to the old order.
Notes:
Vol. 11 Issue 2, p191-209 19p
Transsexuals And the Law
Thu, 06/07/2007 - 10:57am — lmdickeyPublication Type:
Journal ArticleSource:
Forbes, Volume 172, Number 8, p.68 (2003)ISBN:
0015-6914Accession Number:
11067403Abstract:
The article focuses on the issue of transsexualism and protection of people who change gender under antidiscrimination laws. Participation in sports presents several thorny issues, including which locker room one changes in. But the main question is: Do male-to-female transitioners have an unfair physical advantage in women's sports? The argument is now raging in Britain, where the Blair government's sports minister queried the country's 600 governing sports bodies to determine whether they are in compliance with European Union rules allowing ex-men to participate in women's sports. Another legal question is whether gender-crossing surgery qualifies for medical insurance. Earlier this year a Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld P&C Food Markets when its medical plan refused to cover the costs of a female-to-male transition. A good recently published guide to all these questions is The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism, by J. Michael Bailey, 46, a professor of psychology at Northwestern University who teaches an undergraduate course in human sexuality. The book is mostly about effeminate boys and men and how they got that way, but concluding chapters zero in on the world of transsexuals--not all of whom were effeminate. The book has ignited a firestorm of protest from some transsexuals.
Notes:
Vol. 172 Issue 8, p68-69 2p; 1c
Fight to wear the trousers
Thu, 06/07/2007 - 10:57am — lmdickeyPublication Type:
Journal ArticleSource:
Times Educational Supplement, Number 4552, p.18 (2003)ISBN:
0040-7887Accession Number:
11144723Abstract:
Reports on the work and life of Sue Sanders as a lesbian drama teacher in London, England. Participation in gay rights campaigns; Involvement in School's Out, an association for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender workers in education; School experiences as a closet lesbian pupil.
Notes:
p18-18 1/2p; 1c
