The Sex vs. Gender (Identity) Debate In the听United Kingdom and the Divorce of LGB from T听
About
By Professor Wintemute: Since 2018, there has been a debate in the United Kingdom about whether or not the law should be changed to make it easier for a transgender individual to change their legal sex from their birth sex, and about exceptional situations, such as women-only spaces and sports, in which the individual鈥檚 birth sex should take priority over their gender identity, regardless of their legal sex. This debate inspired the foundation in 2019 of an organisation, LGB Alliance, which rejects the political coalition of LGB and T and challenges some transgender demands, on the basis that they conflict with the rights of lesbian and bisexual women or the rights of children who might grow up to be LGB adults.鈥�
CHRLP note: the CHRLP invited Professor Wintemute to give this talk based on his record as a human rights and LGB scholar. We note that Professor Wintemute is also a trustee of the LGB Alliance. The CHRLP does not endorse the views of the Alliance or of any speaker. The CHRLP is committed to a respectful and inclusive space for debate.
Speaker
Robert Wintemute (平特五不中 LLB and BCL 1982) is a Professor of Human Rights Law at King鈥檚 College London, UK. Since 2003, he has participated as a lawyer for the applicants or third-party interveners, or as an expert witness, in 15 successful cases challenging discrimination against LGB individuals or same-sex couples in the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the United Kingdom Supreme Court. 鈥疧n 23 March 2022, he argued the case of Macate v. Lithuania before the 17-judge Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (restrictions on a book of children鈥檚 stories because it included a princess who fell in love with a woman and a prince who fell in love with a man).鈥疶he Court鈥檚 judgment will be published鈥痮n 23 January 2023.鈥�
Commentator
Darren Rosenblum. Professor Darren Rosenblum鈥檚 scholarship focuses on corporate diversity, with emphasis on remedies for sex inequality.鈥�They joined鈥痶he Faculty of Law of 平特五不中 as a Full Professor in August 2021, from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. Among many other publications, they wrote the first law review article of queer legal theory 鈥溾�� (1994) and the first law review article on transgender prisoners 鈥溾�� (2000). They have taught Sexuality, Gender and the Law since 2003 at Fordham, 平特五不中, NYU, Pace and U.Penn. They were appointed鈥�Associate Dean (Graduate Studies)鈥痠n 2022.
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