Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity Currah Paisley
Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity Currah Paisley PROSE Award- Government and Politics FinalistWhat the evolving fight for transgender rights reveals about government power,…
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Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity Currah Paisley
PROSE Award- Government and Politics FinalistWhat the evolving fight for transgender rights reveals about government power, regulations, and the lawEvery government agency in the United States, from Homeland Security to Departments of Motor Vehicles, has the authority to make its own rules for sex classification. Whether you can change your legal sex to "F" or "M" (or more recently "X") depends on what state you live in, what jurisdiction you were born in, and what government agency you're dealing with. Many transgender people find themselves in the bizarre situation of having different sex classifications on different documents.
In Sex Is as Sex Does, noted transgender advocate and scholar Paisley Currah explores this deeply flawed system, showing why it fails transgender and non-binary people.Providing examples from different states, government
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