Sex, Gender Identity and the Law 4: Sexual Consent and Deception as to Sex

Michael Foran is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Keble College, where he teaches public law and jurisprudence. He is an expert in equality and anti-discrimination law whose work has been cited by the UK Supreme Court. Over the last century, UK law has moved from endorsing, and in some cases mandating, unjust sex discrimination to a robust framework of distinct protections for women and girls. At the same time, our law has extended anti-discrimination protections to people who undergo gender reassignment, culminating in a system where individuals can change their legally recognised sex for some purposes. This book traces the history of how sex changed within our law and what that means for ongoing controversies over single-sex spaces, freedom of belief, freedom of expression, privacy, sport, and sexual intimacy.

This lecture will be held in the Lecture Theatre, HB Allen Centre, Keble College.