Equality of Gender Recognition and Balance between Sex and Gender

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220504.502How to use a DOI?

Keywords

transgender; gender and sex; Equality Act; gender recognition; gender identity

Abstract

Since the twentieth century, the rights of the individual have continued to be given legal attention, with gender identity becoming increasingly recognised and accepted towards the end of the twentieth century. The protection of the equal rights of transgender people has also entered the realm of legislation. This paper summarises and compares the development of transgender identity recognition and its limitations in the laws of various countries, using examples from different countries. The process of affirmative action is uneven across the globe, but is generally moving in the direction of optimisation. It also draws out the difficulties in obtaining social recognition for transgender people and the controversial nature of new bills, such as the Equality Act of 2019 in the United States, and analyses the conflict of rights and protections between biological sex and gender identity, and finally discusses how the balance between the two might be improved.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jiayi Lin
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/06/01
TI  - Equality of Gender Recognition and Balance between Sex and Gender
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 2759
EP  - 2763
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220504.502
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220504.502
ID  - Lin2022
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