Transgender Rights as Human Rights

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15745161
AutoresTia Powell (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, autor correspondente), Sophia Shapiro (Bellevue Hospital Center), Ed Stein (New York Law School)
Ano2016
Volume18
Fascículo11
Páginas1126-1131
Data de publicação2016-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980
EditoraAmerican Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.11.pfor3-1611
PMID27883304
OpenAlexW2558700110
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas5

Arguments to support transgender rights often rely on "born that way" arguments, which assert that gender identity is innate, immutable, and unassociated with choice. These arguments are vulnerable to attack on several grounds, including on the basis of emerging scientific data. Stronger support for transgender rights arises from human rights arguments

Fundamental rights · Human rights · International human rights law · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Transgender · Transgender Person · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Reproductive Health and Technologies