Introduction.- The stakes in sex: obstacles and opportunities in legal reform for trans persons.- X' Why? Gender Markers and Non-Binary Transgender People. PART I: The strong medicalization model.- Gender Identity and the LGBT Movement in Brazil.- The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons in the Republic of Croatia.- The Civil Status of Trans Persons in the Czech Republic.- Reassignment (change) of sex in Poland - the case law phenomenon in a civil law country.- Conditions for the Recognition of the Civil Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons under the Romanian Legal System.- Gender Identity, National Identity and the Right of Self- Determination A Peculiar Case of Taiwan.- Conditions Of The Recognition Of The Civil Status Of Transsexual And Transgender Persons In Turkey.- PART II: The soft medicalization model.- Conditions of the recognition of the civil status of transsexual and transgender persons in Austria.- Trans persons in Belgium.- The Civil Status of Transgender and Transsexual Persons in England.- Trans rights in Germany.- The protection of trans rights in Israel.- PART III: Self- determination in the registration of sex.- Argentina, transgender and the development of a human rights discourse.- La Reconnaissance Des Droits Des Personnes Trans Au Canada .- Gender Identity, Human Dignity and Self-Determination in Chile.- The recognition of sexual identity as a source of harm in Colombian Constitutional Law.- Conditions of the recognition of the civil status of transsexual and transgender people Denmark.- The Recognition of the Civil Status of Transgender People in Greece.- The Law Concerning Transgender and Transsexual Persons in Ireland.- Recognition of the civil status of transgender people in Norwegian law .- The Paradox of Transgender Law in Sweden.- Perspectives on History, Medicine, Law, and Regulations for Transgender Persons in the United States.
