Gender (Re)assignment: Legal, Ethical, and Conceptual Issues

Trans and intersex individuals face a series of legal, medical, and social challenges. This panel engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of these overlapping issues, including: healthcare coverage of treatments such as gender reassignment therapy, the legal recognition of trans identities, intersexuality, and asexuality.
Panelists
- Noa Ben-Asher, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Elizabeth F. Emens, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
- Gerald L. Neuman, J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law, Harvard Law School
- Matthew J.B. Lawrence, Academic Fellow, Petrie-Flom Center
- Moderator: I. Glenn Cohen, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, and Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center
Recording
Cosponsored by the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School and Lambda at Harvard Law School.