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Summary:

This book examines the transgender community's struggle for equality over the last decade, comparing the Obama and Trump administrations' stance on transgender rights policies. Transgender rights claims have assumed an important place on the nation's policymaking agenda as society has increasingly become aware that transgender individuals are subject to discrimination because they do not conform to the norms of the gender identity they were assigned at birth. With Congress virtually absent from the policymaking process, the executive branch and the federal courts have been chiefly responsible for determining the parameters of transgender rights policies. The study contrasts the Obama administration's efforts to expand equal rights for the transgender community, especially in employment, education, and military service, with the Trump administration's determination to rescind the Obama-era initiatives. In their efforts to do so, Trump administration officials have urged the courts to reverse decisions extending the benefit of civil rights laws and constitutional guarantees to the transgender community, arguing that gender identity is outside the scope of these protections. Although most federal courts have been inclined to accept the Obama administration's perspective on transgender rights, ultimately, this will be a matter for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide. The book is appropriate for students, scholars, and interested general readers.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Transgender Experience
• 2. Transgender Rights in the Workplace
• 3. Transgender Rights in School
• 4. Transgender Rights in Public Facilities
• 5. Transgender Rights in the Armed Services.

Author/Creator:

Mezey, Susan Gluck, 1944- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Transgender rights: from Obama to Trump [by Mezey, S.G.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Transgender rights [by Mezey, S.G.] (New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 — ISBN 9780815359395; LCCN 2019014716)

Subjects:

Transgender people — Civil rights — United States — History — 21st century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Susan Gluck Mezey is a professor emeritus of political science at Loyola University Chicago; she holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University and a J.D. from DePaul University. Her publications include books on the rights of lesbians and gay men, women's rights, children's rights, and the rights of people with disabilities.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 22, 2019).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

HQ77.95.U6 M39 2020eb

ISBNs:

9781351120852 (Adobe Reader)
1351120859 (Adobe Reader)
981351120838 (Mobipocket Unencrypted) [Invalid]
1351120832 [Invalid]
9781351120845 (electronic book)
1351120840 (electronic book)
9781351120869 (electronic book)
1351120867 (electronic book)
9780815359395 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019018350

OCLC Numbers:

1098217305

Other Control Numbers:

EBC5838976 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp16378667