Abandoning Gender “Identity”

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چکیده

International instruments fail to specify the meaning of gender identity. Yet identity has been invoked as a prohibited ground discrimination, particularly in cases concerning trans persons. Trans existences fall outside expectation correspondence between sex and gender. “Trans” is an umbrella term referring people who do not identify with attributed them at birth. This broad definition encompasses pre-operative post-operative transsexuals, well persons have undergone any medical intervention conform social norms expression self-identification imposing binary. Regional conventions define concept either. Documents issued by United Nations (UN) regional human rights bodies frequently rely on category, without clear explanation notion, or what makes different from such. Relying Lacanian psychoanalysis, this essay argues that per se challenges international law's treatment distinct categories. Underlying view questioning shape law gives “gender identity” preliminary step evaluating protections can cannot offer individuals.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: AJIL unbound

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2398-7723']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/aju.2021.68