Transgender EU law : a review of Spanish, Italian, Belgian and Maltese trans law and its efficacy

It is known that rights for LGBTQ+ collective are improving, and we all know about the "love is love" regardless of the gender motto. However, we often forget about the "T" (transgender) on LGBTQ+, as it is something not well known and far more complex as it involves a biological element that has been and still is used as a way to discriminate said group. One of my main objectives in this work is trying to find out what are the real problematics that transgender people find in their life and examine the help or lack thereof of the current established legal protections. To obtain this informati... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Martínez Gutiérrez, Ainhoa
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret
Dokumenttyp: Treball final de grau
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Schlagwörter: Transgender / Law / Transgender legislation / Malta / Belgium / Spain / Italy / EU legislation
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26525642
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It is known that rights for LGBTQ+ collective are improving, and we all know about the "love is love" regardless of the gender motto. However, we often forget about the "T" (transgender) on LGBTQ+, as it is something not well known and far more complex as it involves a biological element that has been and still is used as a way to discriminate said group. One of my main objectives in this work is trying to find out what are the real problematics that transgender people find in their life and examine the help or lack thereof of the current established legal protections. To obtain this information I will rely on the testimony, provided via interviews, of different associations and "real people". Another objective is to learn a bit more about the legislation in that area and find out if, as is often said by more conservative people, transgender legislation produces legal insecurity on the state's legal framework. My "study subject" are only four countries (due to paper's length and time restrictions), Malta, since I'm aware transgender legislation is really advanced there; Belgium as it was the country this past school semester I did my Erasmus+ in; Spain because it is my country; and Italy, because even though it is a very similar country to Spain they are far behind in that aspect and I would like to have the example of a more conservative country. First of all, I am going to do an approximation to the term transgender, finding out both the historical context and what the term implies biologically. Therefore, I will research the data on discrimination in the study countries and as all of them are member states of the European Union (from now on EU), the EU legislation in this area. Secondly, I am reviewing each country legal framework in this area and some significant case law, I will also analyze the actual transgender needs. Finally, with all that information I will compare the different legal frameworks, case law, testimonies, etc. in order to get my conclusion.