Intersex Embodiment: Legal Frameworks beyond Identity and Disorder

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· Policy Press
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This book examines the divergent medical, political and legal constructions of intersex. The authors use empirical data to explore how intersex people are embodied through these frameworks which in turn influence their lived experiences.

Through their analysis, the authors reveal the factors that motivate and influence the way in which policy makers and legislators approach the area of intersex rights. They reflect on the limitations of law as the primary vehicle in challenging healthcare’s framing of intersex as a ‘disorder’ in need of fixing. Finally, they offer a more holistic account of intersex justice which is underpinned by psychosocial support and bodily integrity.

About the author

Fae Garland is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester.

Mitchell Travis is Associate Professor in Law and Social Justice in the School of Law at the University of Leeds.

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