GSL Online
Gender & Sexuality Law Online is a webjournal published by the Columbia Law School Center for Gender & Sexuality Law.Subject: Gender Identity Discrimination
How the Legal Regulation of Transgender Bodies Affects Us All
Subjects:
Gender Identity Discrimination, In This Issue |
Submitted on
February 26th, 2013 |
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Author: Rita Vavra, LLM 2013
Abstract:
The legal regulation of transgender bodies, which is often highly oppressive, restrictive and arbitrary, is commonly regarded as a problem that only affects the transgender community and its allies. This essay, however, argues that the legal regulation of transgender...
Eugenics Then and Now
Subjects:
Gender Identity Discrimination, Reproductive Rights, Sex Discrimination |
Submitted on
June 2nd, 2010 |
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Author: Afiya Pascall, LLM 2010
Abstract: This paper considers eugenics broadly with particular emphasis on its use to repress the reproduction of poor minority women. It starts by looking at the historical development of eugenics and foundational facially valid justifications that gave the practice...
The Biopolitics of Gender in Iran: How a “Third Gender” has Formed
Subjects:
Gender Identity Discrimination, International Law, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Orientation Discrimination |
Submitted on
May 8th, 2010 |
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Author: Donna Azoulay, JD 2010
Abstract: In the Islamic Republic of Iran both the role of gender and the commitment to gender have resulted in a blatant deployment of power over individual bodies. Gender as defined in this context is masculine/feminine, where the stakes for masculinity are particularly high....