Gender identity as a right: A study on the legalization of sex change in the birth certificates of the transsexual Filipinos by reason of sexual reassignment surgery and its potential legal effects
Date of Publication
2014
Document Type
Bachelor's Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science in Legal Management
Subject Categories
Civil Law | Law | Sexuality and the Law
College
Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business
Department/Unit
Commercial Law
Thesis Adviser
Marissa Buenagua
Defense Panel Chair
James Keith C. Heffron
Defense Panel Member
Arvin Jo
Voltaire Salud
Abstract/Summary
Sexual orientation and gender identity continues to be one of the most controversial issues that society faces today. The lesbians, gays, bisexual and transsexuals 9LGBT) are the constant targets of prejudice and discrimination due to the fact that they somehow disrupt the status quo as regards to the relationships they form. As time passes, the homosexuals and bisexuals are starting to be recognized and accepted by society, but the same is not true regarding the transsexuals. The Society of Transgendered Women of the Philippines (STRAP) claims that gender identify is a right. And they believe that the only way that they can preserve their right is by legalizing the same.
This study addresses the issue of whether or not the transsexual-identified Filipino citizens are being deprived of their rights to liberty and equal protection of the laws under Article 3, Section 1 of the 1987 Constitution. This study critiques the case of Silverio v. Republic, 537 SCRA 373 (2007) and raises the question that by not allowing the transsexual-identified Filipino citizens to change their first names by reason of undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery in their corresponding birth certificates, they are being deprived of liberty to exercise their freedom of choice.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Accession Number
TU18643
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
92 leaves, 28 cm.
Keywords
Gender transition—Law and legislation--Philippines; Sexual freedom--Philippines
Recommended Citation
Sarmiento, E. C., & Tan, T. C. (2014). Gender identity as a right: A study on the legalization of sex change in the birth certificates of the transsexual Filipinos by reason of sexual reassignment surgery and its potential legal effects. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/5587
Embargo Period
4-29-2021
