Gender Identity : What It Is and Why It Matters

Gender Identity: What It Is and Why It Matters is the first book in philosophy to focus on gender identity and transgender rights.To be trans is to have a gender identity different from the gender you were assigned at birth.But what is it to have a gender identity? In the first part of the book, Rach Cosker-Rowland develops a new account of our gender identities as the genders that seem to best fit us.Supported by trans testimony, this subjective fit account explains why gender identities deserve respect, discusses how we can discover our gender identity, and argues for why this is practically important.It also provides an overview of cis and trans, and non-binary and binary, gender identities. In the second part of the book, a new view of trans rights to gender marker change, legal gender recognition, gender-affirming healthcare, and sporting participation and participation is developed.Cosker-Rowland presents an integrity-based account, showing how these trans rights arise from basic