Transsexualism, medicine and law
Proceedings, XXIIIrd Colloquy on European
Law
Vrije Universitiet Amsterdam, Netherlands,
14-16 April 1993
(1995)
Français Transsexualisme, medécine et droit
Actes, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Pays-Bas,
14-16 avril 1993
(1995))
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Contents
Page
Foreword ..............................................
5
OPENING SPEECHES
Professor L.J.G. GOOREN, Professor of Transsexology, Free University, Amsterdam .......................... 7
Mr F.A. van der REIJT, Judge at s'-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands), Chairman of the Dutch Gender Foundation ................ 9
Mrs Margaret KILLERBY, Head of the Private and International Law Division, Directorate of Legal Affairs, Council of Europe, Strasbourg .............. 13
REPORTS, CO-REPORTS AND WRITTEN CONTRIBUTIONS
1.
General presentation of problems related to transsexualism
Rapporteur: Professor Stefano RODOTÀ ................. 17
2.
Psychiatric and psychological aspects of transsexualism
Rapporteur: Dr Russell W. REID ...................... 25
The physician's role in relation to transsexuals
Co-Rapporteur: Professor L.J.G. GOOREN ............... 51
Transsexualism - ideology, legal policy and political culture
Note presented by Mr D.C. BRADLEY ................. 59
3.
Legal conditions of sex reassignment by medical intervention - situation in comparative law
Rapporteur: Professor Michael R. WILL ................. 75
Medical requirements and consequences of sex reassignment surgery
Co-Rapporteur: Dr J. Joris HAGE ..................... 103
Biological aspects of transsexualism and their relevance to its legal aspects
Memorandum presented by Professor L.J.G. GOOREN ...... 117
The search for a new sense of self among transsexuals in the United States
Note presented by Rachel POLLACK .................. 145
4.
Legal consequences of sex reassignment in comparative law
Rapporteur: Mr Henri DELVAUX .................... 149
International aspects of sex reassignment decisions
Co-rapporteur: Ms Dorothée VAN ITERSON ............ 177
An American perspective on transgender health law
Note by Marline Aliana ROTHBLATT ................. 189
GENERAL REPORT by Professor Jaap DOEK ................
203
CLOSING SPEECHES
Professor LJ.G. GOOREN, Professor of Transsexology, Free University, Amsterdam ........................ 233
Dr F.W. HONDIUS, Deputy Secretary General of the International Commission on Civil Status ............... 239
Mrs Margaret KILLERBY, Head of the Private and International Law Division, Directorate of Legal Affairs, Council of Europe, Strasbourg ............ 241
LEGISLATION CONCERNING TRANSSEXUALS
Austria .............................................
243
Germany ............................................
245
Italy ...............................................
261
Netherlands ..........................................
263
Sweden .............................................
267
Turkey .............................................
273
List of participants ....................................
275
List of Colloquies on European Law .........................
285