Transsexualism and sex reassignment surgery – Arising medicolegal issues
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicological Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction Transgender community in India has been facing challenges in various issues since ages They are debarred from their rights related to marriage and child adoption Pertaining to rights related to inheritance wills and trusts employment access to Government public and private health care services and use of social welfare and health insurance schemes they are far behind The recent advances in the field of medicine have made the treating physicians belief that after careful selection of the patients based on standard criteria the gender identity disorder or transsexualism can be diagnosed and successfully treated by reassignment surgery which in turn created a new gender This new gender has further led to many legal complications for postoperative transsexuals in our countryMaterials and Methods Desk review and qualitative data were consummated for the purpose of this studyResult and Conclusion This article examines transsexualism in purview of the historical perspective and its genesis factors and also draws attention to medicolegal considerations arising of Sex reassignment surgeryKeywords Transsexualism Transgender TG Gender affirmation surgery GAS Sex reassignment surgery SRS Intersex
Authors and Affiliations
Richa Gupta, Sangeeta Sahu, Ankush Gupta, Tarun Singh
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