• Part I: Introduction
• The Stakes in Sex: Obstacles and Opportunities in Legal Reform for Trans Persons
• ‘X’ Why? Gender Markers and Non-binary Transgender People
• Part II: The Strong Medicalization Model
• Gender Identity and the LGBT Movement in Brazil
• The Legal Status of Trans Persons in the Republic of Croatia
• The Civil Status of Trans Persons in the Czech Republic
• Gender Modification in Poland: A Case Law Phenomenon in a Civil Law Country
• The Civil Status of Trans Persons Under the Romanian Legal System
• Gender Identity, National Identity and the Right to Self-Determination: The Peculiar Case of Taiwan
• Civil Status and Trans Persons in Turkey
• Part III: The Soft Medicalization Model
• Civil Status and Trans Persons in Austria
• Trans Persons in Belgium
• The Civil Status of Trans Persons in England
• Trans Rights in Germany
• The Protection of Trans Rights in Israel
• Part IV: Self- determination in the Registration of Sex
• Argentina, Trans Persons and the Development of a Human Rights Discourse
• La reconnaissance des droits des personnes trans au Canada
• Gender Identity, Human Dignity and Self-Determination in Chile
• The Story of the Recognition of Sexual Identity as a Source of Harm in Colombian Constitutional Law
• The Civil Status of Trans Persons in Denmark
• The Civil Status of Trans Persons in Greece
• The Law Concerning Trans Persons in Ireland
• The Civil Status of Trans Persons in Norwegian Law
• The Paradox of Trans Law in Sweden

This book maps various national legal responses to gender mobility, including sex and name registration, access to gender modification interventions, and anti-discrimination protection (or lack thereof) and regulations. The importance of the underlying legislation and history is underlined in order to understand the law’s functions concerning discrimination, exclusion, and violence, as well as the problematic nature of introducing biology into the regulation of human relations and using it to justify pain and suffering. The respective chapters also highlight how various governmental authorities, as well as civil society, have been integral in fostering or impeding the welfare of trans persons, from judges and legislators to medical commissions and law students.
A collective effort of scholars scattered around the globe, this book recognizes the international trend toward self-determination in sex classification and a generous guarantee of rights for individuals expressing diverse gender identities. The book advocates the dissemination of a model for the protection of rights that not only focuses on formal equality but also addresses the administrative obstacles that trans persons face in their daily lives. In addition, it underscores the importance of courts in either advancing or obstructing the realization of individual rights. ---provided by publisher