Title: Foreword for 'On the Margins of Trans Legal Chang'", A Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit Et Société
Abstract: This is the foreword for "On the Margins of Trans Legal Change", a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Volume 35, Issue 2, 2020.Despite recent legal changes in Canada, marginalization and exclusion remain part of the lived realities of many trans individuals. At this moment of formal trans equality amidst continued marginalization for many trans people, this special issue provides a forum for critical reflection and offers potential roadmaps for future advocacy and scholarship. It is attuned to ways that law contributes to everyday experiences of exclusions, while acknowledging the protections it may grant in some circumstances. The special issue turns our critical, legal, and emotional gaze toward those trans people at the margins, placing their lived realities as the epistemological cornerstone of inquiry and action. The articles in this special issue share an interest in lived experience as an essential methodology. The special issue starts with an introduction by Brenda Cossman and Robert Leckey followed by the keynote discussion at the “On the Margins of Trans Legal Change” symposium by Dalia Tourki and Viviane Namaste, in both English and French. It centres Canadian scholars from diverse disciplines who study law and society in both English and French: Dan Irving and Nathan Hoo untangle the dynamics of employment discrimination; William Hébert looks at the realities of trans people’s lives in Canadian prisons; Kyle Kirkup, Lee Airton, Allison McMillan, and Jacob DesRochers assess how human rights protections of gender identity and expression are implemented within Ontario schools; Leon Laidlaw explores university students’ experience of gender-segregated spaces; Samuel Singer argues for agile, pragmatic, and intersectional legal strategies for trans justice that go beyond human rights law; Florence Ashley unpacks the limitations of the Quebec trans legal subject; Jake Pyne juxtaposes the autistic and trans legal subject in relation to conversion therapy, and Alexandre Baril, Marjorie Silverman, Marie-Claire Gauthier, and Maude Lévesque consider end of life planning for trans people with dementia.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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