Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations

Despite a recent wave in global recognition of the rights of transgender and gender-diverse populations, referred to in this text by the umbrella label of trans*, international law continues to presume a cisgender binary definition of gender — dismissing the lived realities of trans* individuals thr...

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Autores principales: O’Connor, Aoife M., Seunik, Maximillian, Radi, Blas, Matthyse, Liberty, Gable, Lance, Huffstetler, Hanna E., Meier, Benjamin Mason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9679587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36398651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jme.2022.84
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author O’Connor, Aoife M.
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Matthyse, Liberty
Gable, Lance
Huffstetler, Hanna E.
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description Despite a recent wave in global recognition of the rights of transgender and gender-diverse populations, referred to in this text by the umbrella label of trans*, international law continues to presume a cisgender binary definition of gender — dismissing the lived realities of trans* individuals throughout the world. This gap in international legal recognition and protection has fundamental implications for health, where trans* persons have been and continue to be subjected to widespread discrimination in health care, longstanding neglect of health needs, and significant violations of bodily autonomy.
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spelling pubmed-96795872022-11-29 Transcending the Gender Binary under International Law: Advancing Health-Related Human Rights for Trans* Populations O’Connor, Aoife M. Seunik, Maximillian Radi, Blas Matthyse, Liberty Gable, Lance Huffstetler, Hanna E. Meier, Benjamin Mason J Law Med Ethics Symposium Articles Despite a recent wave in global recognition of the rights of transgender and gender-diverse populations, referred to in this text by the umbrella label of trans*, international law continues to presume a cisgender binary definition of gender — dismissing the lived realities of trans* individuals throughout the world. This gap in international legal recognition and protection has fundamental implications for health, where trans* persons have been and continue to be subjected to widespread discrimination in health care, longstanding neglect of health needs, and significant violations of bodily autonomy. Cambridge University Press 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9679587/ /pubmed/36398651 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jme.2022.84 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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