Re Georgio: An Intimate Account of Transgender Interactions with Law and Society

Fallah, KL

Re Georgio: An Intimate Account of Transgender Interactions with Law and Society

Fallah, KL

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Publisher:: Griffith University ePress
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Griffith Journal of Law & Human Dignity, 2017, 5 (S1), pp. 6 - 39
Issue Date:: 2017-04-22

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dc.contributor.author	Fallah, KL https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2145-8080	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-04-22	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Griffith Journal of Law & Human Dignity, 2017, 5 (S1), pp. 6 - 39	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2203-3114	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/93918
dc.description.abstract	In its everyday operation, the law presumes to narrate trans stories and shape trans lives. This article shines a light on law’s claims to authority over transgender identities and transgender bodies, and offers an alternate, intimate account of one transgender person’s interactions with law and society. The stories recounted here offer glimpses into the life of Georgio. Written from the perspective of someone who has had the privilege of bearing witness to his journey, this article assembles incomplete fragments of the joys and frustrations of Georgio’s gender transition and invites deeper reflection on legal assumptions about the lives of transgender people. It represents an attempt to breathe humanity into law’s cold scripts of gender identity.	en_US
dc.publisher	Griffith University ePress	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Griffith Journal of Law & Human Dignity	en_US
dc.title	Re Georgio: An Intimate Account of Transgender Interactions with Law and Society	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.location.activity	Australia	en_US
utslib.for	1801 Law	en_US
utslib.for	1899 Other Law and Legal Studies	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
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Abstract:

In its everyday operation, the law presumes to narrate trans stories and shape trans lives. This article shines a light on law’s claims to authority over transgender identities and transgender bodies, and offers an alternate, intimate account of one transgender person’s interactions with law and society. The stories recounted here offer glimpses into the life of Georgio. Written from the perspective of someone who has had the privilege of bearing witness to his journey, this article assembles incomplete fragments of the joys and frustrations of Georgio’s gender transition and invites deeper reflection on legal assumptions about the lives of transgender people. It represents an attempt to breathe humanity into law’s cold scripts of gender identity.

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