How do legal institutions govern young people's access to gender-affirming care?
Amid intensifying global efforts to restrict such care, this book analyses 124 Australian court judgments concerning puberty blockers and hormones handed down over 20 years. Examining the ontological, epistemological, teleological, and pathologising arguments courts have used to gatekeep access, the book shows that regulation has not been concerned primarily with safeguarding young people's welfare but with controlling gender itself.
Offering timely insights for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, the book exposes the gender-normative assumptions underlying legal interventions into gender-nonconforming lives and advocates a more expansive approach to advancing transgender rights.
| ISBN: | 9781529247039 |
| Publication date: | 19th November 2026 |
| Author: | Matthew Mitchell |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Law, Society, Policy |
| Genres: |
Law and society, gender issues Gender studies: ‘trans’, transgender people and gender variance Child, developmental and lifespan psychology |
How do legal institutions govern young people's access to gender-affirming care? Amid intensifying global efforts to restrict such care, this book analyses 124 Australian court judgments concerning puberty blockers and hormones handed down over 20 years.
Governing Gender features in the following genres: Law and society, gender issues, Gender studies: ‘trans’, transgender people and gender variance, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology
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Governing Gender was written by Matthew Mitchell and published by Bristol University Press
Governing Gender has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Law, Society, Policy series
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