Updating the Gender Recognition Act: trans oppression, moral panics and implications for social work

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Laura Miles Former lecturer, Bradford College, UK

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© Policy Press 2018
Online Publication Date:
27 Mar 2018
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93–106
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Policy Press
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Volume 6: Issue 1
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1332/204986018X15199226335105
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A government review of transgender rights and subsequent proposals to amend legislation has generated debates about transgender people’s rights and women’s rights that raise fundamental questions about transphobia and sex, gender, and gender identity. These have implications for social workers and service users.

Laura Miles Former lecturer, Bradford College, UK

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