I am an ordinary citizen: Human rights discourse and the limits of human rights law
I am an ordinary citizen: Human rights discourse and the limits of human rights law
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DOI：
10.1111/aman.13737
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发表时间：
2022-05-17
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Madson, Nathan H.
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作者：
Madson, Nathan H.
香港LGBT活动人士在寻求法律的性别承认，允许跨性别者合法改变性别时，与当地的人权话语作斗争，这种话语限制了他们使用人权法的能力。主流香港人声称自己是“普通”的身份，其中人权是香港人的核心。这种人权话语的使用不是基于人权法，而是用来定义“普通香港人”，与中国大陆人对立。因此，一些LGBT活动家采用与跨性别者的人性化互动来重新构建普通性，以包括跨香港人，只有在证明专业知识时才使用人权法。其他LGBT活动人士继续在公开场合使用人权法，违反了人权的霸权话语，这些活动人士被认为是依靠外国法律来迫使香港社会变革。
Hong Kong LGBT activists contend with an on-the-ground discourse of human rights that constrains their ability to use human rights law as they pursue legal gender recognition that allows trans people to legally change their gender. Mainstream Hongkongers lay claim to an "ordinary" identity in which human rights is central to being a Hongkonger. This use of human rights discourse is not based on human rights law but is used to define "ordinary Hongkongers" in opposition to mainland Chinese people. Thus, some LGBT activists employ humanizing interactions with trans people to reframe ordinariness to include trans Hongkongers, using human rights law only when it is demonstrative of expertise. Other LGBT activists continued use of human rights law in public fora contravenes hegemonic discourses of human rights, and these activists are interpolated as relying on foreign law to force social change in Hong Kong.