Legal Issues

Transgender people face many legal issues.  They include their legal status as a man or a woman and the recognition of that status, marriage and the recognition of their marriages, adoption of children, custody of their children, Having their inheritance, wills and trusts recognized, immigration status, employment discrimination, access to public and private health benefits, protection from hate violence and  identity papers and records (name change, driver's license, birth certificate, passport, school transcript, work history) to name a few. These are all issues that must be seen as an integral part of transgenderism if one wishes to have an understanding of it and what is involved.

	Education Law The section of the Education Code Governing California's Colleges and Universities.
	When transgender students are targeted on our campus and the adminstration doesn't take action. We respond with action. Here is a resolution being heard by the Associated Students to Address Hate Incidents at Humboldt state University
	European Court of Human Rights: Case of Sheffield and Horsham v. the United Kingdom
	Legal Implications of the New Ferment Concerning Transsexualism
	Yugoslavia: The Legal Issue of Transsexualism
	Updated Look at Legal Responses to Transsexualism: Especially Three Marriage Cases in U.K., U.S. and New Zealand
	Legal Aspects of Transsexualism in Brazilian Law - A Private Law Approach