The Role of Medical and Psychological Discourse in Legal and Policy Advocacy for Transgender Persons in the United States

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The authors of this article, both of whom work as legal advocates for transgender individuals and their families and supporters, use actual examples of people they have fought for and worked with in order to illustrate the importance of a better understanding, more consensus and greater clarification of the specific qualities and needs of transgender individuals by the medical community and to convey the importance of health professionals, especially mental health professionals, taking an active role in using their expertise and experience to explain sometimes very complex issues to the public, to courts, and to legislators. Special attention is drawn to the importance of helping interested parties understand that gender is determined by identity and not by postoperative apparent anatomy.View full textDownload full textKEYWORDStransgender, gender identity disorder, transsexual, transgender advocacy, legal treatment of transgender identityRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19359701003626801