| Intersexuality and the Law |
ISNA's bibliography of intersexed legal news.
http://www.isna.org/legal/index.html
| Transgender Issues and Sexual Orientation |
A 1997 issue of the National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law, including three articles, and a brief to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of X,Y, and Z v. UK.
http://www.ibiblio.org/gaylaw/issue5/index.html
| Schwenk v. Hartford (9th Cir., 2000) |
Positive: a federal Court of Appeals found that discrimination "because one fails to act in the way expected of a man or woman" may violate federal sex discrimination laws.
http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/web/newopinions.nsf/4bc2cbe0ce5b
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| Couple fights for son, 6, they say is girl at heart |
"A Westerville couple is fighting to regain custody of their 6-year-old boy, whom they said was taken by social workers because they let the child dress and act like he's a girl," a news story from the Columbus Dispatch.
http://www.dispatch.com/news/newsfea00/aug00/398425.html
An overview of the legal status of transsexuality in the United Kingdom, which makes a case for transsexuality and gender identity disorders as "meeting the requirements for medical classification as an intersex condition."
http://www.poptel.org.uk/lynne.jones/legal.htm
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