In this article we reflect upon the evolution from the Belgian trans law of 2007 to those of 2017 and beyond, giving adult citizens the possibility to have their self-determined gender legally recognised. The 2019 ruling of the Belgian Constitutional Court, condemning the Belgian State for being discriminatory against gender fluid and gender non-binary persons regarding their legal gender recognition, requires the Belgian government to either add a third legal option or to abolish gender registration altogether. We analyse the definitions of sex and gender that underlie the two trans laws of 2007 and 2017 and the Constitutional Court ruling of 2019 and then confront them with the experiences of trans people based on a national transgender s...
Summary For my doctoral project, I examined Norway’s 2016 law on gender recognition. This law over...
In a recent judgment, the German Federal Constitutional Court held that it was unconstitutional to r...
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the role of identity papers for the enjoyment of human rights once mo...
In this article we reflect upon the evolution from the Belgian trans law of 2007 to those of 2017 an...
In this article we reflect upon the evolution from the Belgian trans law of 2007 to those of 2017 an...
Belgium has recently modified the way ‘sex’ is legally certified for trans* people following the pri...
First published online: 27 April 2020The article provides a constitutional analysis of the emerging ...
Starting with a critical analysis of the Belgian Law of 10 May 2007 on transsexuality and the prepar...
It is commonly accepted that gender matters (whether cisgender, transgender/trans*, gender non-binar...
Transgender rights are a highly contested issue, upsetting the ‘normal’ ordering of society. In Euro...
It is commonly accepted that gender matters (whether cisgender, transgender/trans*, gender non-binar...
In Part I, the article first describes the many different ways in which one can be transgender. Many...
In a recent judgment, the German Federal Constitutional Court held that it was unconstitutional to r...
It is commonly accepted that gender matters (whether cisgender, transgender/trans*, gender non-binar...
This chapter will trace the emergence of the willingness to vindicate the right to legal gender reco...
Summary For my doctoral project, I examined Norway’s 2016 law on gender recognition. This law over...
In a recent judgment, the German Federal Constitutional Court held that it was unconstitutional to r...
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the role of identity papers for the enjoyment of human rights once mo...
In this article we reflect upon the evolution from the Belgian trans law of 2007 to those of 2017 an...
In this article we reflect upon the evolution from the Belgian trans law of 2007 to those of 2017 an...
Belgium has recently modified the way ‘sex’ is legally certified for trans* people following the pri...
First published online: 27 April 2020The article provides a constitutional analysis of the emerging ...
Starting with a critical analysis of the Belgian Law of 10 May 2007 on transsexuality and the prepar...
It is commonly accepted that gender matters (whether cisgender, transgender/trans*, gender non-binar...
Transgender rights are a highly contested issue, upsetting the ‘normal’ ordering of society. In Euro...
It is commonly accepted that gender matters (whether cisgender, transgender/trans*, gender non-binar...
In Part I, the article first describes the many different ways in which one can be transgender. Many...
In a recent judgment, the German Federal Constitutional Court held that it was unconstitutional to r...
It is commonly accepted that gender matters (whether cisgender, transgender/trans*, gender non-binar...
This chapter will trace the emergence of the willingness to vindicate the right to legal gender reco...
Summary For my doctoral project, I examined Norway’s 2016 law on gender recognition. This law over...
In a recent judgment, the German Federal Constitutional Court held that it was unconstitutional to r...
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the role of identity papers for the enjoyment of human rights once mo...