Running head: HUMAN RIGHTS Human Rights Name of the Student Name of the University Author Note
1HUMAN RIGHTS Introduction: The intention of the report is to evaluate the decision given by the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong in the landmark caseW v. The Registrar of Marriages. In this regard, the research intended to make reference to various journals and scholarly articles in order to evaluate the decision of the present case study. The research highlighted various arguments made by different authors regarding the rights of transgender. The research is commissioned to examine the how the relevant sources and the views of different authors would be beneficial in understanding the constitutional validity of the decision given inW v. The Registrar of Marriages. Discussion: 1.Horton, Lisa, ‘Meeting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer, or questioning students through the school library collection’ (2016) 20Teacher Librarian,44.1 The Authors intended to highlight the importance of gender identity in modern era. In this regard, the Author rightly stated that there is a major distinction between sexual identity and gender identity. However, the author has not intended to distinguish between the two concepts rather she focused on the underlying issues faced by the LGBTQ community. According to the perspective of the Author, a person possessing thoughts of same-sex is considered as a gay or lesbian however, persons who are unable to identify their gender assigned to them during birth are identified as transgender. In the opinion of the Author, being a transgender is the most challenging experience and therefore children being identified at an early age are being bullied at educational institutions. By analyzing the source it can be stated that various library resources
2HUMAN RIGHTS shall provide appropriate knowledge and understanding with the help of which transgender can identify themselves which can eliminate their feeling of loneliness and despair.Therefore, the issues regarding recognition of transgender men and women were efficiently addressed by the author. The article discussed about the identification of transgender communities and their right to marry someone of the opposite sex.In this regard, the article proved to be convenient for conducting the research. 2.Navaratnam, Reannon, and Isabelle Lee, ‘Same sex marriage in Hong Kong: a right is more than a referendum’ (2015) 220-227International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies,3.3 The Authors emphasized of the legalization of same-sex marriage. In this regard, the Authors have made reference to the contemporary scenario in Hong Kong regarding the legalization of same sex marriage which is a topic of global controversy. In the perspectives of the Authors, in spite of various newly introduced laws and regulations in Hong Kong, no legal recognition has been given till date towards the identification of transgender and the union of same-sex couples.Since time immemorial, much emphasis has been laid on the importance of same-sex marriage which is a major concern for human rights associations however, the issues regardingrighttomarriageandmarriageequalitywerenotfullyrecognizedbythese associations.After proper evaluation, it is noteworthy to mention here that the article efficiently determined the present condition of Hong Kong and its approach towards the legalization of same-sex marriage. The purpose of the article was to evaluate the principles of human rights which can be rightly applied to the controversy of same-sex marriage. However, the counter- arguments that have been presented by other scholars for the purpose of objecting same-sex marriage has been taken into account by applying different perspectives of human rights. In this
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