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CONTENTS
List of Cases . . . vii
List of Authors . . . .xi
Introduction Eva Brems, Pieter Cannoot and Toon Moonen . . . 1
1. Gender Variation as a Human Rights Issue . . . 1
2. Trans Rights in the Age of Gender Self-Determination . . . 3
3. Book Overview . . . 7
Th e Limits to Gender Self-Determination in a Stereotyped Legal System: Lessons from the Belgian Gender Recognition Act Pieter Cannoot . . . 11
1. Th e Legal Recognition of Gender Identity . . . 13
2. Analysis of the Belgian Sex/Gender Registration Framework . . . 22
3. Conclusion . . . 52
From Assigning Sex to Affi rming Gender: Remarks on an Ongoing Evolution Aff ecting Gender Identifi cation Benjamin Moron-Puech . . . 55
1. Introduction . . . 55
2. Th e Origin of Trans Diffi culties Regarding Gender Identifi cation . . . 58
3. Th e Ongoing Shift from Sex Assignment to Gender Affi rmation . . . 64
4. Final Questions . . . 68
Th e Insuffi ciency of Gender Recognition Acts: Th e Example of Schooldays in Norway Anniken Sørlie . . . 73
1. Introduction . . . 73
2. Legal Gender Recognition for Children: Th e European Context. . . 75
3. Being Transgender at School . . . 80
4. A Look Forward . . . 90
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Developments in German Civil Status Law on the Recognition of Intersex and Non-Binary Persons: Subversion Subverted
Jens T. Theilen . . . 95
1. Introduction . . . 95
2. Developments in German Civil Status Law. . . 97
3. Shift ing Rationales for Legal Gender Recognition . . . 108
4. Outlook . . . 117
Framing Equality: Debating Protected Grounds in the Field of Trans and Non-Binary Rights Peter Dunne . . . 121
1. Introduction . . . 121
2. Terminology . . . 123
3. Background and Context . . . 124
4. Disability . . . 128
5. Sex . . . 134
6. Trans-Specifi c Grounds . . . 138
7. Conclusion . . . 143
‘True Sex’: Th e Law and Confi rmation of One’s Sex Petr Agha . . . 145
1. Introduction . . . 145
2. Trans Identities in the Czech Context . . . 147
3. Trans Identities from the Perspectives of Trans People . . . 157
4. Identity Categories . . . 162
5. Conclusion . . . 166
Index . . . 171