A Global Analysis of Transgender Rights: Introducing the Trans Rights Indicator Project (TRIP)Williamson M. A Global Analysis of Transgender Rights: Introducing the Trans Rights Indicator Project (TRIP).
Perspectives on Politics. 2024;22(3):799-818. doi:10.1017/S1537592723002827
Link to Full articlePublished online by Cambridge University Press: Myles Williamson
17 October 2023
To what extent do countries protect the rights of transgender people? How does this differ from legal protections countries offer sexual orientation minorities? What conditions are beneficial for advancing trans rights? Limitations in data availability and accessibility make answering these types of trans-specific questions difficult. To address this shortcoming, I introduce a new dataset. The Trans Rights Indicator Project (TRIP) provides insight into the legal situations transgender people faced in 173 countries from 2000 to 2021. The dataset currently includes 14 indicators that capture the presence or absence of laws related to criminalization, legal gender recognition, and anti-discrimination protections. I then use this data to discuss the global status of transgender rights throughout the period and compare these trends to sexual orientation rights. Finally, I conclude with a preliminary analysis of three institutional and cultural factors that may help explain variation in transgender rights throughout the world. ...
The Trans Rights Indicator Project (TRIP) enables researchers to conduct more in-depth analyses of transgender rights separately from the broader LGBT community. TRIP also complements existing data sources that center around sexual orientation rights, allowing researchers to study the differences between these two groups.--------------------
