Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
Volume 4, Issue 2 - May 2009

Table of Contents

FORWARD
Jeannine Farino
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SYMPOSIUM


TRANSGENDER LAW:
CHALLENGING THE BOUNDARIES OF LAW AND GENDER
Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center February 20, 2009

INTRODUCTION
Dean Lawrence Raful
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Session One: Gender and Access to Justice
Moderator: James G. Durham
 
IMMIGRATION LAW AND THE TRANSGENDER CLIENT Victoria Neilson, Esq 6
EIGHT, HATE OR TOO LATE?
DID CALIFORNIA TRANSSEXUALS SURVIVE THE PROPOSITION EIGHT VOTE
Katrina Rose, Esq
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TRANSGENDER ISSUES IN CRIMINAL LAW:
FINDING A PLACE FOR TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS IN PRISON
Benish Shah, Esq
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Session Two: Gender as Legal Boundary
Moderator: Mik Kinkead
 
FROM SEX-TESTING TO THE STOCKHOLM CONSENSUS:
THE TENUOUS LEX SPORTIVA OF THE TRANSGENDER ATHLETE
Professor Shayna Sigman
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TRANSGENDER ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND THE
ROLE OF MEDICINE IN TRANSGENDER RIGHTS
Michael Silverman, Esq
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TRANSGENDER NAME CHANGES AND LEGAL ADJUDICATIONS OF GENDER
Franklin Romeo, Esq
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Session Two: Transgender Identity and Framing Transgender Equality
Moderator: David Kilmnick
 
THE DEBATE OVER GID REFORM: HOW DOES IT PLAY OUT IN THE COURTS?
M. Dru Levasseur, Es
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TRANSITIONAL DISCRIMINATION
Professor Elizabeth Glazer
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RIGHTS TO GENDER SELF-DETERMINATION
AS A COMPONENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
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INTERLOCKING SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION:
DISABILITY, GENDER AND RACE IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSGENDER LEGAL CLAIMS
Kyle Kirkup
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CLOSING REMARKS
Professor Meredith R. Miller
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