Open AccessThe Significance of Gender Identity (The Case of Transsexualism) in Canon Law
Author(s) -
Kazimieras Meilius,
Jonas Juškevičius,
Agnė Širinskienė
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
soter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2335-8785
pISSN - 1392-7450
DOI - 10.7220/2335-8785.56(84).4
Subject(s) - baptism , identity (music) , legitimacy , gender identity , transsexual , canon law , sociology , transgender , gender studies , law , psychology , political science , philosophy , aesthetics , politics
After examining how gender identity is being understood and how transsexualism is being defined, the article focuses on the problems faced by the Canon Law, when the Canon Law is supposed to address issues of gender identity (transsexualism). The authors analyse the legitimacy of marriage in the case of transsexualism, discuss the issues arising in the consecrated life and the sacrament of baptism while answering the question whether a transsexual person is capable of becoming a godparent.Straipsnyje apibūdinama lytinio identiteto sąvoka, transseksualumo fenomenas bei nagrinėjamos problemos, kylančios taikant Kanonų teisę, kai susiduriama su lytinio identiteto sutrikimais (transseksualizmu). Didelis dėmesys skiriamas santuokos sudarymo, jos negaliojimo, pašvęstojo gyvenimo klausimams bei krikšto sakramentui ir transseksualų galimybei tapti krikšto tėvais