Questions tagged [transgender]
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Can a trans man get an abortion in Texas where a woman can't?
Texas has an anti-abortion law, Health and Safety Code 245 which states:
the act of using or prescribing an instrument, a drug, a medicine, or
any other substance, device, or means with the intent to cause the
death of an unborn child of a woman…
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I'm a trans woman. When can I deregister from the American draft registry?
When I was 18, I received a scary form from the Department of Defense telling me I had to sign up for something called “Selective Service” (or face prison time and other things). Not knowing any better at the time, I filled it out as if I was…
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Is it rape to have sex with a man without disclosing that one is a male-to-female transgender person?
A male-to-female transgender person meets a male partner, but does not tell the partner about being transgender. Thus, the male partner believes the transgender woman is a (cis-gender) woman, and they have sex. If the transgender woman hadn't hidden…
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In Vermont, what determines which prison does a non-binary person goes to?
The non-binary actor Ezra Miller has been charged with felony burglary in Vermont.
In the event a person who does not identify as male or female is convicted and sent to prison in Vermont, how is it decided which prison they go to (or is there a…
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What laws apply to transgender individuals using toilets and locker rooms?
This Skeptics SE post regarding a transgender individual (male to female) using a female locker room brought up some interesting legal issues regarding the rights of transgender individuals in using the locker rooms appropriate to their mental but…
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How does Australian law consider a marriage in which one person has subsequently transitioned?
In Australia:
Same sex marriage is not currently legal. This extends even to same sex marriages from other countries, which "must not be recognised as a marriage in Australia".
At both the federal and state levels, there is broad support for…
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Does one EU country have to accept the gender entry of another EU country?
Situation:
German citizen B is born in Germany but moves to Estonia at some point and is registered in the Estonian population register with male gender and issued an Estonian ID card.
B moves back to Germany.
B changes the gender entry in Germany…
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Is it legal for a US minor to take puberty blockers /for a doctor to prescribe puberty blockers to a minor without their parents knowledge or consent?
Is it legal to prescribe a minor puberty blockers without their parents' knowledge or consent? Is there an age limit?
Semi-related example:
In Germany, it is legal to prescribe girls birth control pills without their parents' knowledge at the age of…
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Is a new Idaho law purporting to ban interstate transport of minors for gender-affirming care constitutional?
Idaho's House of Representatives has just passed a bill criminalizing most forms of gender-affirming treatment for minors. Most audaciously to my eye, subsection (4) of the bill purports to criminalize transporting a minor out of state (to…
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Is there a legal basis to challenge the executive order on federal gender markers?
Mr. Trump's recent executive order targeting transgender people contains the following clause:
(d) The Secretaries of State and Homeland Security, and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall implement changes to require that…
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Is discrimination against transgender people illegal?
Are there any laws that have criminalized discrimination against transgender people in general?
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Is it rape for a trans-male to lie to a woman that he is a cis-male and have sex with her
So a woman met someone at the bar who told her he was a guy. Everyone refers to the individual as he/him and the couple even had a conversation that brought up the fact that she was straight.
Because she's under the influence when they go home she…
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Change name and gender in Switzerland as a non-Swiss citizen
So I live in Switzerland, but have British and Italian dual citizenship. I want to change my name and gender legally everywhere or at the very least on official documents here in Switzerland. I may be wrong but I think I would need to change both my…
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Dual citizenship and different legal gender?
Is there any information on any prevailing or official policy on people with dual citizenship, where the legal gender is different in the two countries? Is there any information available on what the policy is in different countries?
The reason I'm…
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Is there a definition of "biological sex" in U.S. law?
According to MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT / SUBJECT: Military Service by Transgender Individuals:
• Transgender persons with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria are disqualified from military service, except under the following limited…
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