Transgender EU Citizens and the Limited Form of Union Citizenship available to them

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ID12290555
AuthorsSerhii Lashyn (0000-0001-9172-9531, Universität Hamburg, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume30
Issue2
Pages201-218
Publication date2022-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Legal Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-3622 • E-ISSN: 1572-8455
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s10691-022-09491-9
PMID35855394
OpenAlexW4285589053
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited26

This article argues that only a limited form of EU citizenship is available to transgender people. As the paper demonstrates, transgender Union citizens face numerous difficulties when they exercise their right to free movement, despite such movement being the core of Union citizenship. Rather, transgender individuals only have access to a considerably restricted form of EU citizenship which is guaranteed as part of their fundamental status conferred by EU Treaties. The article points out that the current approach of including transgender discrimination in the purview of discrimination on the grounds of sex fails to tackle the issue because it is conceptually problematic and largely ineffective. As a solution to remedy the issue, the paper suggests overhauling the existent approach to trans discrimination in a way that makes it capable of ensuring that transgender persons enjoy their Union citizenship to its fullest extent

Citizenship · Economics · European union · Face (sociological concept · Free movement · International trade · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Transgender · Discrimination and Equality Law · European Law and Migration · European Union Policy and Governance · Gender Studies · Law

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