PO-HAN LEE2023-02-132023-02-1320220966-3622https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/627945This article argues for the necessity of recognising the collective rights-holding status of ‘sexual and gender minorities’ (SGMs) by examining the limits of the discourse concerning sexual orientation and gender identity in international law. I consider both symbolic interactionism and queer theory, which are critical of the assumption that everyone subscribes to a gender and a sexual identity. The theorisation proposed here accounts for not only people who possess a relatively stable identity, but also people whose situations are not conclusively characterised but still require recognition justice. Not equating SGMs to LGBTI populations, I contend that the use of the term ‘SGMs’ should capture the sociocultural dynamics of the way in which one is made a ‘minority’. In light of the variations regarding sexual and gender norms in diverse contexts, SGMs are conceptually useful to accommodate differential experiences of nonconformity with the normative.enGender identity; Minority rights; Opinio necessitatis; Sexual and gender minorities; Sexual orientation; Yogyakarta Principles; GENDER; SEXUALITY; IDENTITY; POLITICS; HEALTH; STILLjournal article10.1007/s10691-021-09483-12-s2.0-85122694599WOS:000741218600001https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/592137