The following two cases represent the reassignment of two homosexual transvestites who have enhanced their physical appearance to today’s highest form, matching it with the specific emotional experience and inclination. Even though the development of these two humans represents mainly the generally desired development of a transvestite, each of these two cases contains enough singularities…
Cross dressing or the wearing of clothes appropriate to the opposite sex was called transvestism in 1910 by Hirschfield. It is also known as eonism after Chevalier D’Eon de Beaumont, who was a diplomatic agent of Louis XIV and who lived most of his life as a woman. The problem of transvestism is probably a…
The syndrome of male transsexualism is characterized by a life-long preference for the feminine role, predicated on the conviction of belonging to the female sex. This conviction is held and persists despite the painfully obvious fact of normal male anatomy and genitalia, before and after puberty, and in the absence of delusional ideation or psychosis…
Twenty-seven adolescent gender identity patients (10 girls and 17 boys) who presented with transsexual wishes for sex reassignment surgery were the subjects of investigation. The average age of the patients was 16.80 years for the girls (range 13-18) and 16.53 for the boys (range 12-19). A psychiatric, psychological, and social profile of the patients is…
A case of transsexualism in a female before and after surgical treatment is presented, including history, examination and results of psychological testing. A brief review of the literature is given and salient features are discussed.
Social, economic, and educational factors are emphasized in describing an untreated group of 60 persons, each of whom felt that inwardly he was really a member of the opposite sex. The syndrome was generally well established by age 19, sexual propensity was mostly homosexual, unrealistic expectations of a complete sex change operation were held, there…
IN THE treatment of the transsexual the clinician faces unique problems. This is especially true for the adolescent transsexual who finds himself in conflict inwardly because of the impact of pubertal development which he does not want, and outwardly because of the opposition of his family and society to his cross-gender aspirations. Problems arise for…
This article proceeds from the observation that autistic and transgender experiences have significant and overlapping temporal schemes to which narrative is crucial. While both autism and transgender are highly medicalized states of being, there exists no biological marker that distinguishes autistic from allistic (nonautistic) minds, or transgender from cis ones. Indeed, both autism and transgender…
This unique resource offers an in-depth, comprehensive look at different types of mental health needs of transgender and gender diverse youth, how these intersect with gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, and provides practical information on how to ethically, responsibly, and sensitively care for these patients. Affirmative Mental Health Care for Transgender and Gender…
The policing of boundaries of acceptable sexual identities and behaviour is a recurring theme in numerous marginalities. Gender (especially womanhood) is often instantiated socially through the harms to which members of that gender are subjected. For transgender people, the assumption that genitals define gender translates the ubiquitous misapprehension that genitals and sex are binary into…