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Transsexualism – wanting to change physical sex because you feel you are ‘in the wrong body’ – has become an increasingly high-profile issue. People in the public eye have ‘changed their sex’, and the media normalises transsexualism. There has been a corresponding push for greater transsexual rights. This briefing introduces some of the issues at stake.

References

References

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  2. 2Transgender Equality: First Report of Session 2015–16, House of Commons, Women and Equalities Committee, HC 390, 14 January 2016, pages 79, 80, 81, 85 and 87
  3. 3‘Creative Workshops on Gender Diversity’, Gendered Intelligence, see http://genderedintelligence.co.uk/professionals/education/creative-workshops as at 8 July 2016
  4. 4The Mail on Sunday, 1 November 2015
  5. 5See for example, Non-Binary Gender Identities: Information for trans people & allies, Gendered Intelligence, pages 6 and 7
  6. 6Olly Pike tweet, 16 February 2016, see https://twitter.com/ollypike as at 8 July 2016
  7. 7‘Jamie – A Transgender Cinderella Story’, YouTube, 29 November 2015, see https://www.youtube.com/ as at 8 July 2016
  8. 8‘What Ofsted Says’, Educate & Celebrate, see http://www.educateandcelebrate.org/what-people-say-1/ as at 8 July 2016; ‘Educate & Celebrate’, Chad Vale Primary School, see chadvale.bham.sch.uk/index.php/learnings/educate-celebrate as at 7 October 2016
  9. 9Trans+ Tips for Teachers: A guide for teachers to help trans identified and gender non-binary students, Educate & Celebrate, see http://www.educateandcelebrate.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/transtipsfulldoc.pdf as at 13 October 2016
  10. 10Newsletter, Chad Vale Primary School, 29 January 2016
  11. 11‘Elly Barnes’, Educate & Celebrate, see http://www.educateandcelebrate.org/elly-barnes/ as at 22 July 2016
  12. 12Telegraph online, 20 April 2016, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/19/choose-your-gender-aged-four/ as at 13 July 2016
  13. 13The Argus online, 28 January 2016, see http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14236195. Brighton_school_children_asked_to_choose_from_list_of_23_terms_to_describe_their _gender/ as at 8 July 2016
  14. 14‘Obama’s Bathroom Directive’, Daily Signal, 29 May 2016, see http://dailysignal.com/2016/05/29/what-obamas-bathroom-directive-really-does/ as at 8 July 2016; BBC News online, 13 May 2016, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36286111 as at 13 July 2016
  15. 15The Guardian online, 25 May 2016, see http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/25/eleven-states-sue-us-government-transgender-bathroom-laws as at 8 July 2016
  16. 16IB Times, 20 January 2016, see http://www.ibtimes.com/employer-pay-transgender-woman-settlement-alleged-discrimination-report-2273624 as at 8 July 2016; U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Press Release, Deluxe Financial to Settle Sex Discrimination Suit on Behalf of Transgender Employee, 21 January 2016
  17. 17ABC News, 7 March 2015, see http://abcnews.go.com/Health/planet-fitness-revokes-womans-membership-transgender-complaint/story?id=29465983 as at 8 July 2016
  18. 18FAQ Regarding WAC 162-32-060, Washington State Human Rights Commission, 15 January 2016
  19. 19Washington Times online, 7 March 2016, see http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/mar/7/bill-de-blasio-mandates-transgender-access-new-yor/ as at 8 July 2016
  20. 20The Journal online, 29 January 2016, see http://www.thejournal.ie/lgbt-students-school-guidelines-ireland-2573505-Jan2016/ as at 13 July 2016
  21. 21Some issues in human sexuality: A guide to the debate, A discussion document from the House of Bishops’ Group on Issues in Human Sexuality, Church House, 2003, page 249
  22. 22‘Disorders of sex development’, NHS choices, 12 November 2014, see http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/disorders-sex-development/Pages/Introduction.aspx as at 8 July 2016
  23. 23Furtado P S, Moraes F, Lago R et al, ‘Gender dysphoria associated with disorders of sex development,’ Nature, vol. 9, November 2012, pages 620-627
  24. 24Transgender Equality: First Report of Session 2015–16, House of Commons, Women and Equalities Committee, HC 390, 14 January 2016, page 6
  25. 25Dr Bernadette Wren, Transgender Equality Inquiry: Oral Evidence, Women and Equalities Committee, House of Commons, 15 September 2015, page 10
  26. 26BBC News online, 11 April 2016, see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36010664 as at 13 July 2016
  27. 27Daily Mail, 4 May 2016
  28. 28See for example, Sex Change Regret, http://www.sexchangeregret.com/
  29. 29The Guardian online, 30 July 2004, see http://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/jul/30/health.mentalhealth as at 8 July 2016
  30. 30The Wall Street Journal, 13 June 2014; ‘Hopkins Hospital: a history of sex reassignment’, The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, 1 May 2014, see http://www.jhunewsletter.com/2014/05/01/hopkins-hospital-a-history-of-sex-reassignment-76004/ as at 8 July 2016
  31. 31Mail online, 30 October 2012, see http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2224753/Ria-Cooper-Britains-youngest-sex-change-patient-reverse-treatment.html as at 14 March 2016
  32. 32‘Walt’s Story’, Trading my Sorrows, see http://www.tradingmysorrows.com/the-book as at 13 July 2016

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