TY - JOUR
AU - Joosten, Frederique
AB - International Journal of Law, Policy and The Family, 2023, 37, ebad025 https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/ebad025 Book Review Book Review ReaffirmingAutonomyof Trans andGender-Diverse Children andAdolescents,GATE, New York, 2023, 41pp, Online Report, available at: https://gate.ngo/reaffirming-autonomy-of- trans-and-gender-diverse-children-and-adolescents/ In a time where the identity of trans and gender-diverse children is constantly politized and under threat, it is powerful to conceptualize access to gender-affirming care as a human rights matter, unaffected by the political agenda. In the report on ‘Reaffirming Autonomy of Trans and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents’ by the organization GATE, the authors high- light exactly how protecting the agency of trans and gender-diverse children is required by the children’s rights framework. Specifically, it demonstrates how states must enable the deci- sion making of trans youth to comply with their human rights obligations. The report explores this idea by setting out the relevant human rights provisions and considering their application in the context of issues related to legal gender recognition, change of gender markers and access to gender-affirming healthcare. GATE is a non-governmental international advocacy organization with the mission of working towards justice and equality for trans, gender diverse, and intersex (TGDI) people. It seeks to ensure the ‘critical inclusion of trans, gender diverse and intersex 
TI - Reaffirming Autonomy of Trans and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents
JF - International Journal of Law Policy and the Family
DO - 10.1093/lawfam/ebad025
DA - 2023-10-05
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/reaffirming-autonomy-of-trans-and-gender-diverse-children-and-rMq0pn3O0K
VL - 37
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -