Will Gender Self‐Declaration Undermine Women's Rights and Lead to an Increase in Harms?

This article considers and rejects claims that reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) to allow gender self‐declaration will undermine non‐trans women's rights and lead to an increase in harms to non‐trans women. The article argues that these claims are founded on a mistaken understanding of...

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Publicado en:Modern Law Review Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 539 - 558
Autor principal: Sharpe, Alex
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell May2020
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