What might be the consequences if the state no
longer legally classified people as female or male based on a sex
registered at birth? This is the so-called “decertification” question.
Decertification refers to a situation in which state law steps back from
recording, confirming, recognising, or standing behind sex/gender as
formally attributed aspects of personhood.
In this seminar, Davina Cooper will discuss the challenges and
complexities of conducting a prefigurative law reform project that is
about decertifying legal sex/gender status.
Davina Cooper is Research Professor in Law at Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London.
Recorded on 11 May 2021. This seminar is part of a series hosted by the research platform Collaborative Future-Making.