Framing gender identity registration amidst national and international developments: Introduction to ‘Bodies, identities, and gender regimes: Human rights and legal aspects of gender identity registration’

Authors

  • C L Quinan
  • Verena Molitor
  • Marjolein van den Brink
  • Tatiana Zimenkova

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19164/ijgsl.v1i1.971

Abstract

Introduction to ‘Bodies, identities, and gender regimes: Human rights and legal aspects of gender identity registration’

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