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Science + Law = Human Rights Transsexualism ? • Nature/Biological = Natural = legal/human rights to affirmed sexual identity and medical treatment A natural variation in human sexual formation – neurological sex/brain at odds with balance of sexually differentiated body parts – a natural and inherent aspect of a person – an example of difference or diversity rather than disorder - an intersexual phenomenon. (Re Kevin) v/s • Nurture/Psychological = Disorder = denial of legal/human rights and medical treatment DSM IV categorisation - mental disorder/illness referred to as Gender Identity Disorder or Gender Dysphoria (“GID”) (Re Alex)
DIVERSITY IN SEXUAL FORMATION • CHROMOSOMAL SEX • GENITAL SEX (Internal and external genitalia) • NEUROLOGICAL SEX / ‘BRAIN SEX’ • HORMONAL SEX • GENETIC SEX (present in plant, animal and human beings)
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