Born again

(Non-) Motivations to Alter Sex/Gender Identity Markers on Birth Certificates

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3628090
AutoresJ Michael Ryan (0000-0001-7207-6918, Nazarbayev University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen29
Número3
Páginas269-281
Fecha de publicación2020-04-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09589236.2019.1631148
OpenAlexW2966553488
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas34

This research will examine one type of official identity – the birth certificate – and how the ability to alter such a document, after the enactment of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 in the United Kingdom, affected individual trans people’s motivations to alter, or not, the official sex/gender identity marker on their birth certificates. An examination will be made of a series of interviews conducted with trans identified persons in order to better understand the motivation, or not, to change one’s official sex/gender identity marker on a birth certificate from that which was medically assigned at birth. Respondents reported a number of motivations including access to various social and legal benefits, a greater sense of psychological well-being, and a desire for jurisdictional coherence. They also reported a number of non-motivations including the financial burden, ethical objections to having to be judged by a panel of presumed experts, and the desire for conflicting documents as a form of willful political protest. The goal of this research is to better understand the motivations, or lack thereof, of individuals to alter (or not) the official sex/gender marker on their birth certificate

Birth certificate · Certificate · Gender identity · Political science · Politics · Social group · Social identity theory · Sociology · Demography · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Social Psychology