Subjects:  1. Christian transsexuals    2. Christianity    3. Gender Studies    4. Religion    5. Religion - Socialissues    6. Religious aspects    7. Religious life    8. Sexuality & Gender Studies    9. Transsexualism   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Case studies    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Christianity    5. Homosexuality    6. Religious aspects    7. Sex change    8. Transsexuals    9. United States    10. Sousa, Jerri   

Subjects:  1. Bisexual students    2. Discrimination & Racism    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Gay students    6. General    7. Homosexuality and education    8. Lesbian students    9. Life Stages - Adolescence - Sexuality    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Students & Student Life    13. United States    14. Current Events / General    15. Gay & Lesbian studies    16. Gays & Lesbians    17. Schools    18. Teaching of specific groups    19. Transsexuals   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Hermaphroditism    3. Lesbian Studies    4. Lesbianism    5. Psychology    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. Sociology - General    9. Transsexualism   

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I want to wait for the revised edition due out this summer
Can you advise me when the new revision becomes available?I looking for data concerning Estrogen Hormonal Therapy For The Male.

A fascinating book.
Sheila's book is a must buy book for anybody interested in transsexualism.

Good simple guide for those considering hormone therapy
If you are transsexual and want to understand all the technical points ofhormone therapy this is for you. Perhaps your loved one is about to begin this program.You might even be an MD who wants to learn more about the suject. Whatever your background I believe you will find Dr. Kirk's style is very down to earth and easy to follow, even for those with no medicalbackground. She explains the importance of taking hormones under proper medical supervison and provides valid justification for this stance.She also provides several guidlines fordetermining your bodies progress while on HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy). There is even a chart showing how the various hormones are metabolized by your body for those whoare interested in this type of thing. Dr. Kirk is also careful to explain what you can and cannot expect hormones to do for you. This is very important and so many men and women really have no real clue what will happen as a result of this program. As a Male-to-Female transsexual who is taking hormones under a Dr's supervision I found the book to be invaluable. If Dr. Kirk's book on masculinizing the female-to-male is anything like this one FtM's would do well to obtain a copy for their reference.Caitlin Martin ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Transsexuals    2. Transsexualism    3. Transvestites   

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This novel is closer to the truth than many of us know.
Cris Newport's second novel is an insightful and realistic look into thelives of four individuals who want to change their world. From thepolitical activist, Phoenix, and the dual-gendered outcast, CorlayLlewellyn we are treated to a view of the world from the outside of thepower structure. As they struggle to find ways to make their livesmeaningful and give something back to those who have helped them whileprotesting the corrupt Studio system, they face the toughest challenges oftheir lives.Read more

Subjects:  1. Fiction - Science Fiction    2. Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure    3. Science Fiction - General    4. American Science Fiction And Fantasy    5. Fantastic fiction    6. Fiction    7. Literature of special Gay interest    8. Modern fiction    9. Transsexualism    10. Virtual reality   

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Garbage
Chiland's book is without a doubt one of the most offensive pieces of transphobic propaganda I've read which has been published within the past few decades.At the superficial level, the language she uses to describe trans people- "disturbing people," "deluded," "mutilated," "narcissistic," "caricatures," "often... ugly bab[ies]... horrible brats who would never elicit the comment: `What a gorgeous little girl you have there!'" (as a "cause" of being a transman), and so on- is not only officious (and false) but revealing of a deeper loathing and culturally-inspired disgust felt toward and misunderstanding of trans people.She does little more than regurgitate and misrepresent all the tripe presented by feminist separatist (like the ones running the Michigan Womyn's Festival a few years ago; the people who claim that trans people are just male stereotypes of real women and men.These people shouldn't, of course, be confused with the majority of feminists, who are mostly accepting or at the very least tolerant of trans people), by work, which she references, on the subject by conservative psychologists that is decades old (one of whom quotes Deuteronomy 22:5 as an epigraph, another who documents the "curing" of a transwoman through having her exorcized(!), which Chiland thinks is worth noting as a valid "cure"), by applications of Freud to the subject, by the standardized checklists resulting from the work of people like Harry Benjamin, and by early studies on "feminine boys" and "post-operative suicide" (which even she has to admit doesn't happen at such a high rate as she most likely expected, although she still manages to display the data in a disingenuous fashion) and wraps them all up in (partially) meaningless little anecdotes.The only thing she manages to reveal with her anecdotes is that she is a sadist to whom trans people should never, ever be referred (she offers a vignette in which she coldly feeds several young transmen exaggerated negative aspects changing sex until she forces them to tears, running them off and infuriating their parents); although, to be fair, she does grudgingly admit that "[f]rustrating as it is for the reader and myself, the prime consideration must be professional secrecy" just to let the reader know that she isn't willing to toss *all* of her "professional" ethics out the window in her attack on trans people.
This is a MUST READ!!
This review was initially posted for another book by Chiland, but is of equal applicatiobn to this book.
Misguided
Colette Chiland admits she's a psychiatrist of the 'old school' in Europe. Which means her background is not medical, but in the humanities. In fact, her book is nothing but a philosophical/ethical analysis of transsexualism viewed as a problem stemming from social mores.
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Subjects:  1. Gender Studies    2. Gender identity    3. General    4. Human Sexuality    5. Psychological aspects    6. Psychology    7. Sex change    8. Transsexualism    9. Transsexuals    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

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Important sociological study of Australian transsexualism
Transsexualism in Society is a scholarly study of sociological aspects of sex change from male to female, based on research done at one major clinic in Australia.As such, it is important but limited in its scope.While some of the conclusions Dr. Lewins arrives at are innovative and intriguing, others seem to have been contradicted by more recent information based on wider research.There is nothing lurid in this book, nor is it a primer for information on transsexualism and the physical process of changing sex--readers hoping for photos or detailed descriptions of sex practices or even the sex reassignment operation itself should go elsewhere.Instead, Lewins, himself a parent of a transsexual, takes a scholarly approach with a (limited) review of the literature, a "case study" of a "typical" transsexual's life that is actually (and admittedly) a composite created by Lewins, and finally an examination of the Macro and Micro process of becoming a woman.At every stage, Lewins challenges the 'taken for granted' assumptions made about sex and gender, with mixed results.It is in the latter chapters that Lewins makes his most valuable contributions, as he differentiates a Macro process, or "the broad social patterns which apply to all transsexuals"; and a Micro process, which is "more concerned with the nature of face to face interactions involving individuals' feelings and responses".In "The Macro Process of Becoming a Woman" he describes a six-stage process.His concept is similar to that of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who in her book "On Death and Dying" analyses the process of dying abstractly.Lewins' analysis consists of the following stages: 1) Abiding anxiety, 2) Discovery (of information about transsexualism, that is--not the "outing" of the transsexual), 3) Purging and Delay, 4) Acceptance, 5) Surgical Reassignment, and 6) Invisibility (moving away from other transsexuals and blending in as a woman).He points out that not every transsexual goes through every stage, and not all complete every stage; but they do go in order, albeit with occasional gaps.His discussion of the relationship between the transsexual "patient" and the clinical "gatekeepers" is excellent, as is his commentary on social and personal discourse on the body.Where Lewins errs, he errs based on the limitations of his scientific sample.As all of his evidence comes from a single clinic in a single country over a rather limited period of time, it cannot be truly representational.Lewins' most substantial error is one at which many, if not most, transsexuals will take extreme umbrage--he links gender to sexual desire.He sees that the social context of transsexuals is determined by society's rigid view of the heterosexual man/heterosexual woman roles, and can only see transsexuals in that dichotomy, seemingly denying bisexuality, a "continuum of genders", or any possibility that some transsexuals, at least, may self-identify (and proudly so) as a third, separate gender.This is astonishing, given that the majority of studies and transsexual writings propose at least a consideration of such ideas, and that transsexuals are becoming increasingly politically active.To support his claim, Lewins says, that "when a man knows his partner is a transsexual, his sexual emotional response acknowledges her as a woman although intellectually he may reflect on that situation in between times." As evidence he cites psychiatrist John Money's statement, "there are some male partners of pre-operative male to female transsexuals who are strongly attracted to a lady with a penis as a sexuoerotic partner...." Lewins then immediately follows this with the bizarre comment that "the important aspect of transsexuals' relationships is the way their partners see them, that is, as women."But if certain transsexuals' partners see them as "a lady with a penis", then in an effort to deny any evidence of a third gender surely Lewins has twisted the definition of woman to a point where it becomes meaningless.It is impossible to consider these relationships as within the "typical" heterosexual male/female dichotomy.Lewins further claims that "transsexuals who are now homosexual or heterosexual women have been constant in their attraction to women or men...Transsexuals who now have a lesbian orientation, for instance, previously, when living as men, attempted to see themselves as heterosexual men attracted to heterosexual women."This is not necessarily true, and many transsexuals report a change in the orientation of their sexual desire.However, in spite of some serious flaws, Lewins makes a valuable contribution to the literature.The sociological perspective is one that has not often been dealt with, and Lewins goes to great lengths to declare his own interests and viewpoints in an effort at fair and accurate analysis.

From the Publisher:
In Transsexualism in Society Dr Frank Lewins challenges medical and feminist models of transsexualism as well as current thinking about gender and sexuality. He demonstrates that becoming a woman is a process ratherthan a decision. Drawing on interviews with over fifty transsexuals, hisanalysis of the macro and micro dimensions of their lives shows clearly howsome learn better than others the significance and skills of being a womanand 'doing gender'. By locating transsexuals in the wider society, he alsodemonstrates the significance of the conventional image of feminine womenand the perceived necessity for the body and one's gender to correspond.His findings negate the idea that transsexuals are sexual revolutionariesand a third gender, and raise provocative questions about the link betweensex, gender and sexual desire. The possibility of a range of sociallyinvisible, psychosexual identities other than 'heterosexual masculine man'and 'heterosexual feminine woman' has implications, not only forunderstanding transsexualism, but also for how we view homosexuality.

A remarkably objective sociological study of transsexualism
Although Lewins' compact, well written study of transsexualism in Australia was inspired by his own son's transition to daughter, it is nonetheless as objective as it is compassionate. Lewins reveals to us that transsexualism is more process than procedure, a case he makes effectively from his study involving multiple detailed interviews of transsexuals. Read more

Subjects:  1. Gender Studies    2. Gender identity    3. Sex change    4. Social aspects    5. Sociology    6. Transsexualism    7. Transsexuals   

Subjects:  1. Gender indentity    2. Transsexualism    3. Transsexuals    4. Transvestites   

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A Gift From Swift
Edward Swift is one of my favorite authors. This book made me laugh out loud and then weep for joy in knowing that a great author like him is writing and living in our midst. Has Oprah heard about this guy? His book, "My Grandfather's Finger" captured my heart and imagination a few years ago and since then I have read all of his books that I can find in print. Such a gift he has for capturing the souls of human beings on paper. Thank you Edward Swift for touching me in a way that no other author has been able to. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Drama    2. Librarians    3. Librettos    4. Musicals    5. Performing Arts    6. Plays    7. Theater - General    8. Transsexuals   

Subjects:  1. Law and legislation    2. Legal status, laws, etc    3. Sex change    4. Transsexualism    5. Transsexuals    6. United States   

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Lacking Balance
Despite being a male to female transsexual herself, Claudine Griggs seems to have done a one-sided research by collecting more information regarding female to male transsexuals. If you belong to the latter group, you might like this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Costume    2. Gender Studies    3. Psychological aspects    4. Sex change    5. Social Science    6. Sociology    7. Sociology - General    8. Symbolic aspects    9. Transsexuals    10. Cultural studies    11. Social Science / Gender Studies   

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Useful for professionals
This book is very useful to solve the clinical problemfor TS management.Until recently we Japanese doctors didn'd pay any attention for TS treatment.So we have little informationand many questions about TS 'smedical treatment. This book gives me the answer.But I have some doubtsabout Zucker's medical policy for GID in children.Should children live as atypical boy or girl?Should parents change their children's sexualorientaion? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Gender identity disorders    2. Identification (Psychology)    3. Psychology    4. Sex Differentiation Disorders    5. Sex Therapy    6. Transsexualism    7. therapy   

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General    2. Human Sexuality    3. Interviews    4. Netherlands    5. Prostitutes    6. Prostitution    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Sociology - General    10. Transsexuals    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Social Science / Anthropology / General    13. Sociology, Social Studies   

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A Transgender Studies Must-Read
One of the most important contributions to this multi-cultural anthropological anthology is: "Traversing Gender: Cultural Context and Gender Practices," by Anne Bolin. Bolin offers her "five-form model of gender-variance." The importance of her examination of the ethnographic record and development of a five-form model of gender variance cannot be overestimated.Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Sexual Behavior    2. Cultural And Social Anthropology    3. Gender Studies    4. Gender identity    5. General    6. Literature: Folklore/Mythology    7. Sex role    8. Taboo    9. Transsexualism    10. Transvestism    11. Anthropology    12. Cultural studies    13. History / General   

Subjects:  1. Conversion    2. Desmond, Perry    3. Personal narratives    4. Religious life    5. Transsexuals   

Subjects:  1. 1945-    2. Australia    3. Biography    4. Langley, Lynda,    5. Mothers    6. Sex change    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Transsexuals    10. Women's Studies - General    11. Langley, Lynda   

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A Transvestite Bildungsroman
"Cherry Single" is a novel written in the tradition of the bildungsroman.The main character, David Nunley, is a young single man trying to 'find himself' in 1970s San Francisco.His experiences on the road to self-discovery range from the mundane (a dull office job, disapproving parents, failed love affairs, strained friendships) to the unusual (transvestism, masochism) to the spiritual (transactional analysis, past life regression, Native American mysticism). Set against the political turbulence of 1971, David's story is a realistic portrait of a sensitive individual searching for a social, sexual, and spiritual identity. It is his closet transvestism that sets the tone for all of his interpersonal relationships and the novel's subtitle, "A Transvestite Comes of Age," reveals the true nature of his quest.As David learns about himself and integrates his experiences into a meaningful personal narrative (through his photojournalism), he confronts his transvestism head-on and ultimately embraces it as a valuable and integral part of himself.

a great pleasure to read
The main character is a quirky but very likeable individual. The story of his life and love brought tears to my eyes once or twice, but made me smile or laugh out loud many more times than that. Of course this is a seriousstory about serious questions of freedom and fulfillment in our personallives, yet it is smoothly and lovingly told, and full of joy and humor. Itwas a great pleasure to read. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fiction - General    2. Gay    3. Fiction    4. Transsexuals   

Subjects:  1. Children's Studies    2. Gender Studies    3. Sexual behavior    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. Thailand    7. Transsexualism    8. Transsexuals    9. Youth   

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Trans-negative garbage
What trans-negative garbage. Every page of this slim volume reeks of trans-phobia, and every third page of homophobia. If there is any honesty or accuracy here at all, then French transsexual men and women must be very different from us Americans. For a real understanding of transsexualism, skip Chiland and go directly to True Selves by Millie Brown.

A Book that MUST be read.
A truly fantastic book!!! From the viewpoint of transsexual activists, perhaps the most politically incorrect book on the subject, but from any other view the most insightful and "tell-it-like-it-is" view of transexuality available today, perhaps ever. It does not pander to the subject, but treats it in the cold light of reality. As a transexual woman who can deal with reality, I am overjoyed that a book finally exists that dispells the mythology concerning the subject. Chiland easily deals with the most prevalent of TS statements ("I am a woman") and treats them with respect, but also with the logic that most ignore. She points to the finacial aspect of SRS as a motivation for some doctors and the need to face the question of SRS directly. Her book is unique, for it does not avoid the basic questions posed by transsexuality but rather addresses each in turn, with a logic that will force all but the zealots to think. Caregivers need to read this; transsexual patients need to read this. This book says what it real, not what is myth. Transsexuals who believe in the mythology will be irrate for it does not offer blind support(although it certainly offers compassion) and questions some of their most basic and firmly held beliefs, It questions what has become a standard medical answer in North America and elsewhere. The transsexual "lobby" has become active in the past years, attacking without mercy those who differ with their mythology. J. Michael Bailey of Northwestern University has been a favoured target. As this book becomes known, it shall be attacked by those who wish us all to follow the demanded cant of "I am woman","I am man". Some may regard it as an attack akin to Janice Raymonds "Transexual Empire" of long ago. It is far from that. While Chiland questions the very foundation of transsexulity and Moneys seperation of "sex" and "gender", there is none of the questionable scholarship and feminist rhetoric to be found in these pages. This book is firmly based in experience and logic. I suspect that many American readers will react much as they did when France opposed the War in Iraq, with emotional zeal and blind adherance to their view. That is a shame, for Chiland deserves and very careful consideration by all who are or deal with transexual patients. She raises questions that demand answers not blind following of a possibly misguided solution. The truth hurts. For some, this book will hurt greatly. For those who pause and reflect rationally, it will raise issues long put to the back of the mind, uncomfortable issues that many elect to ignore. Issues that have been ignored for far too long... A major step in our understanding of this difficult subject.
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Subjects:  1. Human Sexuality    2. Mental Illness    3. Psychology    4. Psychology & Psychiatry / Human Sexuality    5. Transsexuals