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The legal status of intersex persons: Malta

Ni Mhuirthile, Tanya ORCID: 0000-0001-8660-0012 (2019) The legal status of intersex persons: Malta. In: Scherpe, Jens M. ORCID: 0000-0002-7349-0499, Dutta, Anatol and Helms, Tobias, (eds.) The Legal Status of Intersex Persons. Intersentia, Cambridge, GB, pp. 357-368. ISBN 9781780687704

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Abstract

The Maltese Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act, 2015 (the 2015 Act) has been described as “the most expansive, groundbreaking and comprehensive bill of its kind”. This chapter will analyse this Act to assess how it has impacted upon the status of intersex people in Malta. Over the past few decades discourse about intersex has been divided into two types of discussions: deliberations aimed at achieving recognition of intersex identity which may differ from that recorded at birth and debates about medical management. While these may seem to be two disparate aims at their core, they concern questions of dignity, respect and the realisation of human rights. It is addressing simultaneously both sides of the discussions that the 2015 Act earns it praise.

Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Intersex; gender identity; gender recognition; sex characteristics; human rights; law reform
Subjects:Social Sciences > Law
Social Sciences > Medical laws and legislation
Social Sciences > Social psychology
Social Sciences > Sociology
Social Sciences > Gender
Social Sciences > Identity
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government
Publisher:Intersentia
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781780687704
Copyright Information:© 2018 Intersentia
ID Code:26712
Deposited On:24 Feb 2022 12:45 by Tanya Ni Mhuirthile . Last Modified 24 Feb 2022 12:45

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