Touro Law - Volume 4, Issue 2

Journal RGE

Table of Contents
FORWARD Jeannine Farino	1
SYMPOSIUM

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

INTRODUCTION Dean Lawrence Raful	4
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	15
TRANSGENDER ISSUES IN CRIMINAL LAW: FINDING A PLACE FOR TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS IN PRISON Benish Shah, Esq	23
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	31
TRANSGENDER ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND THE ROLE OF MEDICINE IN TRANSGENDER RIGHTS Michael Silverman, Esq	39
TRANSGENDER NAME CHANGES AND LEGAL ADJUDICATIONS OF GENDER Franklin Romeo, Esq	45
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	54
TRANSITIONAL DISCRIMINATION Professor Elizabeth Glazer	61
RIGHTS TO GENDER SELF-DETERMINATION AS A COMPONENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PRIVACY Dr. Jillian T. Weiss	66
INTERLOCKING SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION: DISABILITY, GENDER AND RACE IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSGENDER LEGAL CLAIMS Kyle Kirkup	72
CLOSING REMARKS Professor Meredith R. Miller	81