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Paechter, C. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-3050-5571,
2021.
The rights and interests of trans and intersex children: considerations, conflicts and implications in relation to the UNCRC.
Journal of Gender Studies.
ISSN 0958-9236
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Abstract
In this paper I consider the contradictions in majority Western treatment of trans and intersex children, in relation to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). I argue that how each group is treated is underpinned by contrasting assumptions about what constitutes the child’s best interest, which are a primary consideration under the Convention. In the case of intersex children, it is assumed that it is in the child’s best interest to have an assigned binary gender and a body that matches it as well as possible; in the case of trans children, it is assumed that it is in the child’s best interest to be prevented from making irrevocable decisions that they do not fully understand. I then outline and discuss Kirsten Sandberg’s approach to trans and intersex children with respect to the UNCRC, and explore the implications of this in practice. I conclude that what follows from Sandberg’s approach would benefit all children, not just those who are trans or intersex.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Journal of Gender Studies | ||||||
| Creators: | Paechter, C. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| Date: | 14 February 2021 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0958-9236 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher | ||||||
| Date Added: | 10 Feb 2021 10:54 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2022 03:00 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/42247 |
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