Current Concepts in Transgender Identity

475 Pages·1997·153.447 MB·English

by  Dallas Denny

CURRENT CONCEPTS
IN TRANS GENDER
IDENTITY
GARLAND GAY AND LESIIIAN STUDIES
VOLUME II
GARl"ND REFERENCE LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
VOLUME 976
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Frontispiece: This drawing of a female by a transsexual patiellt, age 32, is reprinted from
Transsexualism ~Jld Sex RussignmeJl( (R. Creen and J. Money, eds. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins
University Press). It illustrates an article entitled fil'sychologicai Testing o{ Male Transsexuals:
A Brie{ Report o{ Results from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, the Thematic Appercep
tion Test, and the House· Tree·Person Test"' b)· Ruth Rae Doorbar. Reprinted {rom
Transsexualism and Sex Reassignmcm by permission o{ Johns Hopkins Unillersity Press.
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CURRENT CONCEPTS IN
TRANSGENDER IDENTITY
EDITED BY
D ALLAS D ENNY
GARLAND PUBLISHING, INC.
A MEMBER OF THE TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP
NEW YORK AND L ONDON
1998
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Copyright Cl I998 by Dallas Denny
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Current concepts in transgender identity I edited by Dallas Denny.
p. crn. - (Garland reference library of social science; vol. 976)
(Garland gay and lesbian studies; vol. 11)
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8153-1793-X (alk. paper)
I. Transsexualism. 2. Gender idemity. 1. Denny, Dallas, 1949-
II. Series: Garland rderence library of s()(ial science; v. 976. III. Series:
Garland rderence library of social science. Garland gay and lesbian studies
vol. It.
HQ77.9.C87 1998
305.9'066-DC21 97-25972
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THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO WENDY,
WHOM I LOVED DEARLY, IF NOT TOO WELL.
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CONTENTS
Xl LIST OF TABLES
XIII LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
XV ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
XVII PREFACE
XIX INTRODUCTION
PART I: TOWARD" N EW SYNTHESIS
Chapter I
} MYTHOLOGICAL, H ISTORICAL, AND CROSS-CULTURAL
ASPECTS OF TRANSSEXU"LISM
Richard Green
Chapter l
1 5 T RANSSEXUALISM: H ISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES,
1951 TO PRESENT
BOnllie Blll/oug}; and Vern L. Blll/ough
Chapter 3
35 BLACK T ELEPHONES, WHITE REFRIGERATORS:
R ETHINKING CHRISTINE JORGENSEN
Dallas Denny
Chapter 4
4 5 GENDER AND G ENITALS:
CONSTRUCTS OF SEX AND GENDER
Ruth Hubbard
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Chapter 5
55 T'IE TRANSGENDER PARADIC.\1 SHifT T OWARD
FREE EXPRESSION
Holly BO$well
Chapter 6
63 T RANSCENDING AND TRANSGENDERINC:
M ALE-TO-FF.MALE TRANSSEXUALS,
D ICHOTO.\1Y, AND DIVERSITY
Anne /lo/in
Chapter 7
97 13LENDING G ENDERS:
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EMERGING
FIELD OF T RANSGENDER STUDIES
Richard Ekins and Daile King
Chapter 8
117 FEARFUL O THERS:
ME DICO-P S YC H 0 I.OG ICA L CO NSTR UCTI 0 NS
OF FEMALE-TO-M ALE T RANSCENOERIS.\I
Jason Cromwell
Chapter 9
145 FTM: A N EMERGING VOICE
Jamison Greell
Chapter 10
163 M ULTIPLE PERSONALITY O RDER: A N ALTERNATE
PARADIG.\1 FOR U NDERSTANDING CROSS-GENDER
EXPERIENCE
William A. Henkin
Chapter 1 I
181 O N M ALE FEMALJNG:
A GROUNDED THEORY A rrROACH
TO CRoss-D RESSING AND SEX-CHANGING
Richard Ekins
viii CO NTENTS
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Chapter 1:1-
:1.07 A NEW CONCEPT OF BODy-IMAGE SYNDROMES
AND G ENDER IDENTITY
john Money
PAR.T II: RESEARCH AND T REATMENT ISSUES
Chapter I}
ll5 THERAPEUTIC ISSUES IN WORKING WITH
T RANSCENDERED CLIENTS
Barbara F. Anderson
Chapter 14
:1.:1.7 T RANSCENDER BEHAVIOR AND DSM IV
Collier M. Cole and Walter j. Meyer HI
Chapter 15
:I.} 7 GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Ira B. Pauly
Chapter 16
:1.49 SEXUAL-ORIENTATION IDENTITIES, ATTRACTIONS,
AND PRACTICES OF FEMALE-TO-MALE TRANSSEXUALS
Holly Devor
Chapter 17
l77 H ORMONAL THERAPY OF GENDER DYsPHORIA:
THE MALE-TO-FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL
Rosemary Basson and jerilynn C. Prior
Chapter 18
197 H ORMONAL THERAPY OF GENDER DVSPltORIA:
TIlE FEMALE-TO-MALE TRANSSEXUAL
jerilynn C. Prior and Stacy Elliott
Chapter 19
} 15 M ALE-TO-FEMALE FEMINIZING G ENITAL SURGERY
Eugene A. Schrang
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