Computer Says No : enforcing divorce upon persons who changed their sex in Europe and South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMills, Lizeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-10T09:48:30Z
dc.date.available2021-05-10T09:48:30Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionCITATION: Mills, L. 2020. Computer Says No : enforcing divorce upon persons who changed their sex in Europe and South Africa. International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law, 1(1):268-294, doi:10.19164/ijgsl.v1i1.994.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://www.northumbriajournals.co.uk/index.php/IJGSLen_ZA
dc.description.abstractAs is the case with marriage, divorce should be entered into freely and voluntarily. The State should not demand that a marriage be ended if neither one of the spouses wishes for it to be terminated. Yet, several countries still impose such an obligation in instances where one or both of the parties to the marriage changed their sex during the existence of the marriage, in order for such a person to attain legal recognition of the sex change. This article analyses some of the case law in Europe and South Africa where the courts have had to intercede in instances in which differential treatment was being justified in the name of so-called pragmatism. It examines some of the possible reasons for imposing this obligation upon married couples and the effect that this requirement has on their lives. Furthermore, it explores why it is incorrect to require the termination of marriage after a change of sex, how genderism and transphobia has caused differential and discriminatory treatment of transsexual persons, and how institutional bias and a lack of appreciation for the lived reality of people who do not necessarily fit into categories of generated systems, continue to negate the human rights of some humans.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.northumbriajournals.co.uk/index.php/IJGSL/article/view/994
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent27 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMills, L. 2020. Computer Says No : enforcing divorce upon persons who changed their sex in Europe and South Africa. International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law, 1(1):268-294, doi:10.19164/ijgsl.v1i1.994en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2056-3914 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.19164/ijgsl.v1i1.994
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/110455
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherNorthumbria University Libraryen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectTranssexuals -- Civil rightsen_ZA
dc.subjectTermination of marriageen_ZA
dc.subjectForced divorceen_ZA
dc.subjectDiscriminatory treatment of transsexualsen_ZA
dc.subjectSexual orientation -- Law and legislationen_ZA
dc.titleComputer Says No : enforcing divorce upon persons who changed their sex in Europe and South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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