This issue situates the theme within the context of feminist engagement with rights discourse. It contains: Feminist Activism, Third Party Interventions and the Courts: Feminism and the Gender Recognition Act 2004: 'Gender is No Substitute for Sex': A Comparative Human Rights Analysis of the Legal Regulation of Sexual Identity: Harm, Consent and the Limits of Privacy.
Focus on the case of a woman with a transsexual male partner, whose male gender was not legally recognised in the United Kingdom. Consequently they could not marry and receive survivor's pension. Bell criticises the European Court of Justice's decision of sex discrimination.