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Winner, Sexuality and Politics Book Award - American Political Science Association
Finalist, PROSE Award - Government and Politics

What the evolving fight for transgender rights reveals about government power, regulations, and the law
Every government agency in the United States, from Homeland Security to Departments of Motor Vehicles, has the authority to make its own rules for sex classification. Many transgender people find themselves in the bizarre situation of having different sex classifications on different documents. Whether you can change your legal sex to F or M (or more recently X) depends on what state you live in, what jurisdiction you were born in, and what government agency you're dealing with. In Sex Is as Sex Does, noted transgender advocate and scholar Paisley Currah explores this deeply flawed system, showing why it fails transgender and non-binary people.
Providing examples from different states, government agencies

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      Publisher: New York University Press
      Publication Date: 9/16/2024
      ISBN13: 9780814717097, 978-0814717097
      ISBN10: 0814717098
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Winner, Sexuality and Politics Book Award - American Political Science Association
      Finalist, PROSE Award - Government and Politics

      What the evolving fight for transgender rights reveals about government power, regulations, and the law
      Every government agency in the United States, from Homeland Security to Departments of Motor Vehicles, has the authority to make its own rules for sex classification. Many transgender people find themselves in the bizarre situation of having different sex classifications on different documents. Whether you can change your legal sex to F or M (or more recently X) depends on what state you live in, what jurisdiction you were born in, and what government agency you're dealing with. In Sex Is as Sex Does, noted transgender advocate and scholar Paisley Currah explores this deeply flawed system, showing why it fails transgender and non-binary people.
      Providing examples from different states, government agencies

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