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Arlen Dwight Denny (born May 1, 1947) is an American craniofacial surgeon who trained a number of surgeons who serve our community.

Denny studied with Paul Tessier and focused on pediatric surgeries. He is one of the surgeons who trained Jordan Deschamps-Braly.

Denny retired from his medical practice.

Archival contact info:

• Address: 8915 W Connell Ct, Milwaukee, WI 53226
• Phone: (414) 266-6430

Murray Harris Kimmel (May 28, 1930 – October 28, 2013) was an American urologist who served our community.

Background

He attended Central High School in Philadelphia. He earned his medical degree at Temple University School of Medicine and completed his residency in urology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 1959. He was certified by the American Board of Urology and practiced at Parkway Medical Associates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He retired around 2009 due to illness and died in 2013.

Kimmel offered hormone prescriptions, orchiectomy, and other gender-related health care. He was known for providing services to clients who had been turned down by others.

Former contact information

• 2301 Pennsylvania Avenue (Parkway at 23rd Street) Philadelphia, PA 19130
• Office 215-563-0847
• Fax 215-563-4881

Consumer reports

• Castration in Philadelphia with Dr. Murray Kimmel by Jennifer Bentley (2002) http://www.annelawrence. com/kimmelaccount.html
• My Orchiectomy Experience in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Brianne (2002) http://www.geocities.com/brianne669/page1
• Orchiectomy In Philadelphia with Dr. Murray Kimmel by Samantha (2006) http://www.electrolysisfinder.com/~samantha/Kimmel-orchi.html

Choomchoke Janwimaluang was a Thai plastic surgeon who served our community. He practiced on Koh Samui island at The Samui Clinic and Bandon International Hospital.

According to an online report from a former patient, Dr. Choomchoke died in September 2015.

Archival contact information:

• Address: Box 109, Nathon Post Office, Koh Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand 84140
• Phones: +66 (0)1 8946570. +66 1 978 6639. +66 1 797 8727
• Fax: +66 77 427 141
• Email: [email protected]

Related pages:

• srsthailand.com
  • SRS procedure: /pages/srs_procedure.html
  • Before and after: /pages/beforeafter.html
  • Orchiectomy /pages/orchiectomy.html
• cosmeticsurgerythailand.com
• grsinfo.com
• reassignmentsurgery.com
• sexchangeasia.com
• sexchange.us
• gendersurgery.com

References

Rosemary2001 (February 6, 2016). The world has lost an artist. Realself https://www.realself.com/review/bandon-international-hospital-koh-samui-thailand-66-years-stop-mirror-gorgeous

Greechart Pornsinsirirak is a Thai plastic surgeon who has served our community. He practiced out of Yanhee Hospital in Bangkok. In 2019 Yanhee Hospital confirmed Dr. Greechart is no longer operating from their hospital.

Archival contact information:

Address: Yan Hee General Hospital, 454 Charunsanitwong Road (Soi 90) Bang-O Bangpad Bangkok, 10700 Thailand

Phone: +66 (0)2 8790300 Ext 1035

Fax: +66 (0)2 8790395

Website: http://www.yanhee.net/serv_sexreass.htm

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Jirapong Poony is a Thai surgeon who has served our community. He was affiliated with Pattaya International Hospital.

Archival contact information:

• Address: Pattaya International Hospital Co., Ltd. Soi 4 Pattaya 2nd Rd, Pattaya City Cholburi 20260, Thailand
• Phone: 038-428374
• Fax: 038-422773
• Website: pattaya-inter-hospital.co.th
• Email: [email protected]

Affiliated with Vichai Surawongsin.

General pages:

• LINK: Sexchange at Pattaya is a new section of their commercial site. http://www.pattaya-inter-hospital.co.th/service_sexchg.html

Ellie Zara Ley (born ~1973) is a Mexican-American surgeon. She performs gender surgeries with the Gender Confirmation Center in California.

Background

Ley was born in San Luis, Sonora. She received treatment as a child in the US for a medical condition. She earned bachelor’s degrees in Spanish literature and biochemistry from University of Arizona in 1995. She earned her medical degree from the medical school of Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in 2000, then returned to the United States to work at New York Medical College and at University of Arizona. Following her fellowship in pediatric craniofacial plastic surgery at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Utah, she trained at UCLA in hand and microsurgery. She then returned to the University of Utah for a fellowship in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

She founded the LEY Institute of Plastic & Hand Surgery before joining Toby R. Meltzer at The Meltzer Clinic in Arizona. In 2022 she joined the Gender Confirmation Center with Scott Mosser. She is licensed to practice in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Utah.

References

Exclusively Inclusive (exclusivelyinclusivepodcast.com)

• Ellie Zara Ley, MD and Nick Esmonde, MD

Resources

The Gender Confirmation Center (genderconfirmation.com)

• Ellie Zara Ley

Peggy Cohen-Kettenis is a Dutch psychologist who helped found an important early clinic that served trans and gender diverse youth and adolescents.

Cohen-Kettenis has also held harmful views about transgender people, particularly around disease models. Cohen-Kettenis published with many anti-trans psychologists, including J. Michael Bailey, Kenneth Zucker, Ray Blanchard, Stephen Levine, Susan Coates, and Richard Green.

Background

Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis was born in 1948 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia declared independence from the Dutch on August 17, 1945, and the family left in 1951 when it became dangerous for Dutch colonialists to stay, since Cohen-Kettenis’ seminal parent was a police commissioner. After arriving at The Hague, they moved to Rotterdam, then Utrecht.

Cohen-Kettenis attended Stedelijk Gymnasium Utrecht and Johan de Witt Gymnasium Dordrecht and earned a doctorate from Utrecht University in 1973.

• Professor of Medical Psychology VUmcVUmc Sep 2002 – Jul 2013
• Professor UMC Utrecht Sep 1987 – Sep 2002
• Nederlands Instituut van Psychologen (NIP) logo Voorzitter Sector G 1997 – 2000

Cohen-Kettenis served as Professor of gender development and psychopathology at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht.

Transgender research

In 1987, Cohen-Kettenis started the first outpatient clinic in Europe for children and adolescents with gender problems and intersex conditions.

Cohen-Kettenis was a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care Committee and of the Task Force of the Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline on the endocrine treatment of gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent persons.

Cohen-Kettenis was Chair of American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 “gender identity disorder” subcommittee. In 2009, trans people protested the APA convention after Cohen-Kettenis inlcuded “autogynephilia” activist Ray Blanchard and anti-trans conversion therapist Kenneth Zucker on the subcommittee.

I designed the poster, helped organize, and spoke at the protest against Cohen-Kittenis and the APA.

Cohen-Kettenis was also member of the WHO ICD-11 Working Group on Sexual Disorders and Sexual Health.

Comments on J. Michael Bailey and Ray Blanchard

Below are critical reactions Louis Gooren and Cohen-Kettenis shared about sexologists J. Michael Bailey and Ray Blanchard, following publication of Bailey’s lurid 2003 book on sex and gender minorities, The Man Who Would Be Queen.

Psychologist Peggy Cohen-Kettenis reacts less negative. She is, after reading parts of the book not surprised about the row, but “when Bailey says that sexual preference and gender identity are not two entirely independent dimensions, he is not necessarily wrong”, she says.

In contrast to Bailey, Cohen-Kettenis expresses herself very diplomatic. As no other she knows the sensitivity of this terrain and the ease with which a “conflict can be created around this issue”. The psychologist agrees that not all transsexuals are heavily gender-dysphoric in youth. She attributes the dominance of “the woman captured in a man’s body” image, to it’s endless repetition by the media.

[…] Gooren is scathing about Blanchard’s work. […] Cohen-Kettenis shares Gooren’s objections to terms like homosexual and non-homosexual transsexuals. She would rather differentiate between early and late onset transsexuals. But apart from the terminology, these groups are very similar to those of Bailey and Blanchard.
Primary TSs are more often homosexual while secondary TSs usually have had straight relationships before entering treatment, Cohen-Kettenis explains.
“In the second group, during puberty cross-dressing is often paired with sexual excitement ” she says. “When they enter treatment however, the cross dressing is very restful”.

Cohen-Kettenis estimates half the number of TSs are secondary TSs. Whether all secondary TSs have had a autogynephile history she cannot say. “Extreme gender dysphoria can, I think, come to be in all sorts of ways. Secondary TSs are a very diverse group. We also see people who still are autogynephile.”

Cohen-Kettenis thinks that patient care will not be influenced by this theory. TSs do not have to fear that Cohen would see autogynophilia as a disqualification for treatment. The decisive factor is the suffering of the client, and whether treatment can indeed help to relieve the pain. In this, Blanchard and Bailey agree and mention that autogynophiliacs do not have a higher rate of post-treatment regrets.

References

Navarro, Danielle (May 6, 2018). Nevertheless, she desisted: A brief review of Steensma et al (2013). https://djnavarro.net/desistance-essay/

Cantor, James (December 15, 2017). Statistics faulty on how many trans- kids grow up to stay trans-? http://www.sexologytoday.org/2017/12/faulty-statistics-on-how-many-trans.html

Singal, Jesse (July 25, 2016). What’s Missing From the Conversation About Transgender Kids. New York https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/whats-missing-from-the-conversation-about-transgender-kids.html

Serano, Julia (August 2, 2016). Detransition, Desistance, and Disinformation: A Guide for Understanding Transgender Children Debates. Medium https://juliaserano.medium.com/detransition-desistance-and-disinformation-a-guide-for-understanding-transgender-children-993b7342946e

Vermij, Peter (September 27, 2003). Een man gevangen in een mannenlichaam. NRC https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2003/09/27/een-man-gevangen-in-een-mannenlichaam-7655797-a1162822 Translation: Arianne van der Ven.

Selected publications by Cohen-Kettenis

Dan J. Stein, Peter Szatmari, Wolfgang Gaebel, Michael Berk, Eduard Vieta, Mario Maj, Ymkje Anna de Vries, Annelieke M. Roest, Peter de Jonge, Andreas Maercker, Chris R. Brewin, Kathleen M. Pike, Carlos M. Grilo, Naomi A. Fineberg, Peer Briken, Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis & Geoffrey M. Reed (2020). Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in the ICD-11: an international perspective on key changes and controversies. BMC Med 18, 21 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-1495-2

E Coleman, W Bockting, M Botzer, P Cohen-Kettenis, G DeCuypere, … Standards of care for the health of transsexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming people, version 7 International journal of transgenderism 13 (4), 165-232

WC Hembree, PT Cohen-Kettenis, L Gooren, SE Hannema, WJ Meyer, … Endocrine treatment of gender-dysphoric/gender-incongruent persons: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 102 (11), 3869-3903

WC Hembree, P Cohen-Kettenis, HA Delemarre-Van De Waal, LJ Gooren, … Endocrine treatment of transsexual persons: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 94 (9), 3132-3154

Steensma, T. D., McGuire, J. K., Kreukels, B. P., Beekman, A. J., & Cohen-Kettenis, P. T. (2013). Factors associated with desistence and persistence of childhood gender dysphoria: a quantitative follow-up study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(6), 582–590.

ALC De Vries, JK McGuire, TD Steensma, ECF Wagenaar, … Young adult psychological outcome after puberty suppression and gender reassignment Pediatrics 134 (4), 696-704

ALC De Vries, TD Steensma, TAH Doreleijers, PT Cohen‐Kettenis Puberty suppression in adolescents with gender identity disorder: A prospective follow‐up study The journal of sexual medicine 8 (8), 2276-2283

MSC Wallien, PT Cohen-Kettenis Psychosexual outcome of gender-dysphoric children Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 47 (12 …

TD Steensma, R Biemond, F de Boer, PT Cohen-Kettenis Desisting and persisting gender dysphoria after childhood: a qualitative follow-up study Clinical child psychology and psychiatry 16 (4), 499-516

CM Wiepjes, NM Nota, CJM de Blok, M Klaver, ALC de Vries, … The Amsterdam cohort of gender dysphoria study (1972–2015): trends in prevalence, treatment, and regrets The journal of sexual medicine 15 (4), 582-590

TD Steensma, JK McGuire, BPC Kreukels, AJ Beekman, … Factors associated with desistence and persistence of childhood gender dysphoria: a quantitative follow-up study Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 52 (6), 582-590

ALC De Vries, PT Cohen-Kettenis Clinical management of gender dysphoria in children and adolescents: the Dutch approach Journal of homosexuality 59 (3), 301-320

TD Steensma, BPC Kreukels, ALC de Vries, PT Cohen-Kettenis Gender identity development in adolescence Hormones and behavior 64 (2), 288-297

ALC De Vries, ILJ Noens, PT Cohen-Kettenis, IA van Berckelaer-Onnes, … Autism spectrum disorders in gender dysphoric children and adolescents Journal of autism and developmental disorders 40, 930-936

PT Cohen-Kettenis, LJG Gooren Transsexualism: a review of etiology, diagnosis and treatment Journal of psychosomatic research 46 (4), 315-333

PT Cohen-Kettenis, SHM Van Goozen Sex reassignment of adolescent transsexuals: a follow-up study Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 36 (2), 263-271

M Aitken, TD Steensma, R Blanchard, DP VanderLaan, H Wood, … Evidence for an altered sex ratio in clinic‐referred adolescents with gender dysphoria The journal of sexual medicine 12 (3), 756-763

J Drescher, P Cohen-Kettenis, S Winter Minding the body: Situating gender identity diagnoses in the ICD-11 International Review of Psychiatry 24 (6), 568-577

GM Reed, J Drescher, RB Krueger, E Atalla, SD Cochran, MB First, … Disorders related to sexuality and gender identity in the ICD‐11: revising the ICD‐10 classification based on current scientific evidence, best clinical practices, and human … World psychiatry 15 (3), 205-221

SHM Van Goozen, PT Cohen-Kettenis, LJG Gooren, NH Frijda, … Gender differences in behaviour: Activating effects of cross-sex hormones Psychoneuroendocrinology 20 (4), 343-363

YLS Smith, SHM Van Goozen, AJ Kuiper, PT Cohen-Kettenis Sex reassignment: outcomes and predictors of treatment for adolescent and adult transsexuals Psychological medicine 35 (1), 89-99

PT Cohen-Kettenis, F Pfäfflin Transgenderism and intersexuality in childhood and adolescence: Making choices Sage

HA Delemarre-Van De Waal, PT Cohen-Kettenis Clinical management of gender identity disorder in adolescents: a protocol on psychological and paediatric endocrinology aspects European Journal of Endocrinology 155 (Supplement_1), S131-S137

PT Cohen-Kettenis, F Pfäfflin The DSM diagnostic criteria for gender identity disorder in adolescents and adults Archives of sexual behavior 39 (2), 499-513

PT Cohen-Kettenis, A Owen, VG Kaijser, SJ Bradley, KJ Zucker Demographic characteristics, social competence, and behavior problems in children with gender identity disorder: A cross-national, cross-clinic comparative analysis Journal of abnormal child psychology 31, 41-53

PT Cohen‐Kettenis, HA Delemarre‐Van De Waal, LJG Gooren The treatment of adolescent transsexuals: changing insights The journal of sexual medicine 5 (8), 1892-1897

ALC de Vries, TAH Doreleijers, TD Steensma, PT Cohen‐Kettenis Psychiatric comorbidity in gender dysphoric adolescents Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52 (11), 1195-1202

G Heylens, E Elaut, BPC Kreukels, MCS Paap, S Cerwenka, … Psychiatric characteristics in transsexual individuals: multicentre study in four European countries The British Journal of Psychiatry 204 (2), 151-156

W Meyer III, WO Bockting, P Cohen-Kettenis, E Coleman, D Diceglie, … The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association’s standards of care for gender identity disorders, sixth version Journal of Psychology & Human Sexuality 13 (1), 1-30

YLS Smith, SHM Van Goozen, PT Cohen-Kettenis Adolescents with gender identity disorder who were accepted or rejected for sex reassignment surgery: a prospective follow-up study Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 40 (4), 472-481

JF Strang, H Meagher, L Kenworthy, ALC de Vries, E Menvielle, … Initial clinical guidelines for co-occurring autism spectrum disorder and gender dysphoria or incongruence in adolescents Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

KJ Zucker Gender identity disorder in children and adolescents Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol. 1 (1), 467-492

J Olson-Kennedy, PT Cohen-Kettenis, BPC Kreukels, … Research priorities for gender nonconforming/transgender youth: gender identity development and biopsychosocial outcomes Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity 23 (2), 172-179

T F. Beek, PT Cohen-Kettenis, BPC Kreukels Gender incongruence/gender dysphoria and its classification history International Review of Psychiatry 28 (1), 5-12

B Kuiper, P Cohen-Kettenis Sex reassignment surgery: a study of 141 Dutch transsexuals Archives of sexual behavior 17, 439-457

HEH Pol, PT Cohen-Kettenis, NEM Van Haren, JS Peper, RGH Brans, … Changing your sex changes your brain: influences of testosterone and estrogen on adult human brain structure European Journal of Endocrinology 155 (Supplement_1), S107-S114

TC Van de Grift, E Elaut, SC Cerwenka, PT Cohen-Kettenis, … Surgical satisfaction, quality of life, and their association after gender-affirming surgery: a follow-up study Journal of sex & marital therapy 44 (2), 138-148

BPC Kreukels, PT Cohen-Kettenis Puberty suppression in gender identity disorder: the Amsterdam experience Nature Reviews Endocrinology 7 (8), 466-472

D Slabbekoorn, SHM Van Goozen, J Megens, LJG Gooren, … Activating effects of cross-sex hormones on cognitive functioning: a study of short-term and long-term hormone effects in transsexuals Psychoneuroendocrinology 24 (4), 423-447

E Coleman, W Bockting, M Botzer, P Cohen-Kettenis, G DeCuypere, … & Zucker, K.(2012). Standards of care for the health of transsexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming people, version 7 International journal of transgenderism 13 (4), 165-232

SHM Van Goozen, PT Cohen-Kettenis, LJG Gooren, NH Frijda, … Activating effects of androgens on cognitive performance: Causal evidence in a group of female-to-male transsexuals Neuropsychologia 32 (10), 1153-1157

MSC Wallien, H Swaab, PT Cohen-Kettenis Psychiatric comorbidity among children with gender identity disorder Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 46 (10 …

YLS Smith, SHM Van Goozen, AJ Kuiper, PT Cohen-Kettenis Transsexual subtypes: Clinical and theoretical significance Psychiatry research 137 (3), 151-160

TC van de Grift, PT Cohen-Kettenis, TD Steensma, G De Cuypere, … Body satisfaction and physical appearance in gender dysphoria Archives of sexual behavior 45, 575-585

PT Cohen-Kettenis, SHM Van Goozen Pubertal delay as an aid in diagnosis and treatment of a transsexual adolescent European child & adolescent psychiatry 7 (4), 246-248

BPC Kreukels, IR Haraldsen, G De Cuypere, H Richter-Appelt, L Gijs, … A European network for the investigation of gender incongruence: the ENIGI initiative European Psychiatry 27 (6), 445-450

PT Cohen-Kettenis, SEE Schagen, TD Steensma, ALC de Vries, … Puberty suppression in a gender-dysphoric adolescent: a 22-year follow-up Archives of sexual behavior 40, 843-847

ALC de Vries, TD Steensma, PT Cohen-Kettenis, DP VanderLaan, … Poor peer relations predict parent-and self-reported behavioral and emotional problems of adolescents with gender dysphoria: a cross-national, cross-clinic comparative analysis European child & adolescent psychiatry 25, 579-588

TF Beek, BPC Kreukels, PT Cohen‐Kettenis, TD Steensma Partial treatment requests and underlying motives of applicants for gender affirming interventions The journal of sexual medicine 12 (11), 2201-2205

J Drescher, PT Cohen-Kettenis, GM Reed Gender incongruence of childhood in the ICD-11: controversies, proposal, and rationale The Lancet Psychiatry 3 (3), 297-304

KJ Zucker, PT Cohen-Kettenis, J Drescher, HFL Meyer-Bahlburg, … Memo outlining evidence for change for gender identity disorder in the DSM-5 Archives of Sexual Behavior 42, 901-914

TC Van De Grift, E Elaut, SC Cerwenka, PT Cohen-Kettenis, … Effects of medical interventions on gender dysphoria and body image: a follow-up study Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine 79 (7), 815-823

SEE Schagen, PT Cohen-Kettenis, HA Delemarre-van de Waal, … Efficacy and safety of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment to suppress puberty in gender dysphoric adolescents The journal of sexual medicine 13 (7), 1125-1132

TO Nieder, M Herff, S Cerwenka, WF Preuss, PT Cohen-Kettenis, … Age of onset and sexual orientation in transsexual males and females The journal of sexual medicine 8 (3), 783-791

PT Cohen-Kettenis Gender identity disorder in DSM? Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

TD Steensma, PT Cohen-Kettenis Gender transitioning before puberty? Archives of sexual behavior 40, 649-650

LJJJ Vrouenraets, AM Fredriks, SE Hannema, PT Cohen-Kettenis, … Early medical treatment of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria: An empirical ethical study Journal of Adolescent Health 57 (4), 367-373

PT Cohen-Kettenis, TD Steensma, ALC De Vries Treatment of adolescents with gender dysphoria in the Netherlands Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics 20 (4), 689-700

I Becker, TO Nieder, S Cerwenka, P Briken, BPC Kreukels, … Body image in young gender dysphoric adults: a European multi-center study Archives of sexual behavior 45, 559-574

PT Cohen-Kettenis, SHM Van Goozen, CD Doorn, LJG Gooren Cognitive ability and cerebral lateralisation in transsexuals Psychoneuroendocrinology 23 (6), 631-641

BPC Kreukels, B Köhler, A Nordenström, R Roehle, U Thyen, C Bouvattier, … Gender dysphoria and gender change in disorders of sex development/intersex conditions: results from the dsd-LIFE study The Journal of Sexual Medicine 15 (5), 777-785

PT Cohen-Kettenis, D Klink Adolescents with gender dysphoria Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 29 (3), 485-495

TD Steensma, J Van der Ende, FC Verhulst, PT Cohen‐Kettenis Gender variance in childhood and sexual orientation in adulthood: A prospective study The Journal of Sexual Medicine 10 (11), 2723-2733

SHM Van Goozen, D Slabbekoorn, LJG Gooren, G Sanders, … Organizing and activating effects of sex hormones in homosexual transsexuals. Behavioral neuroscience 116 (6), 982

AL De Vries, TA Doreleijers, PT Cohen-Kettenis Disorders of sex development and gender identity outcome in adolescence and adulthood: understanding gender identity development and its clinical implications.Pediatric endocrinology reviews: PER 4 (4), 343-351

AS Staphorsius, BPC Kreukels, PT Cohen-Kettenis, DJ Veltman, … Puberty suppression and executive functioning: an fMRI-study in adolescents with gender dysphoria Psychoneuroendocrinology 56, 190-199

C Schneider, S Cerwenka, TO Nieder, P Briken, PT Cohen-Kettenis, … Measuring gender dysphoria: a multicenter examination and comparison of the Utrecht gender dysphoria scale and the gender identity/gender dysphoria questionnaire for … Archives of Sexual Behavior 45, 551-558

SEE Schagen, FM Wouters, PT Cohen-Kettenis, LJ Gooren, SE Hannema Bone development in transgender adolescents treated with GnRH analogues and subsequent gender-affirming hormones The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 105 (12), e4252-e4263

MSC Wallien, R Veenstra, BPC Kreukels, PT Cohen-Kettenis Peer group status of gender dysphoric children: A sociometric study Archives of Sexual Behavior 39, 553-560

MSC Wallien, KJ Zucker, TD Steensma, PT Cohen-Kettenis 2D: 4D finger-length ratios in children and adults with gender identity disorder Hormones and Behavior 54 (3), 450-454

R Blanchard, KJ Zucker, PT Cohen-Kettenis, LJG Gooren, JM Bailey Birth order and sibling sex ratio in two samples of Dutch gender-dysphoric homosexual males Archives of Sexual Behavior 25, 495-514

E Hoekzema, SEE Schagen, BPC Kreukels, DJ Veltman, … Regional volumes and spatial volumetric distribution of gray matter in the gender dysphoric brain Psychoneuroendocrinology 55, 59-71

ALC De Vries, PT Cohen-Kettenis, H Delemarre-Van De Waal Clinical management of gender dysphoria in adolescents International Journal of Transgenderism 9 (3-4), 83-94

SB Levine, GR Brown, E Coleman, PT Cohen-Kettenis, JJ Hage, … The standards of care for gender identity disorders Journal of psychology & human sexuality 11 (2), 1-34

L Cohen, C De Ruiter, H Ringelberg, PT Cohen‐Kettenis Psychological functioning of adolescent transsexuals: Personality and psychopathology Journal of clinical psychology 53 (2), 187-196

SR Vance Jr, PT Cohen-Kettenis, J Drescher, HFL Meyer-Bahlburg, … Opinions About the DSM Gender Identity Disorder Diagnosis: Results from an International Survey Administered to Organizations Concerned with the Welfare of … International Journal of Transgenderism 12 (1), 1-14

NM de Graaf, PT Cohen-Kettenis, P Carmichael, ALC de Vries, K Dhondt, … Psychological functioning in adolescents referred to specialist gender identity clinics across Europe: a clinical comparison study between four clinics European child & adolescent psychiatry 27, 909-919

TC Van de Grift, PT Cohen-Kettenis, E Elaut, G De Cuypere, …A network analysis of body satisfaction of people with gender dysphoria Body image 17, 184-190

AJ Kuiper, PT Cohen-Kettenis Gender role reversal among postoperative transsexuals International Journal of Transgenderism 2 (3), 1-6

SL Bungener, TD Steensma, PT Cohen-Kettenis, ALC De Vries Sexual and romantic experiences of transgender youth before gender-affirmative treatment Pediatrics 139 (3)

KJ Zucker, R Green, S Coates, B Zuger, PT Cohen‐Kettenis, GM Zecca, … Sibling sex ratio of boys with gender identity disorder Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 38 (5), 543-551

TD Steensma, PT Cohen-Kettenis, KJ Zucker Evidence for a change in the sex ratio of children referred for gender dysphoria: data from the center of expertise on gender dysphoria in Amsterdam (1988–2016) Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 44 (7), 713-715

LJJJ Vrouenraets, AM Fredriks, SE Hannema, PT Cohen-Kettenis, … Perceptions of sex, gender, and puberty suppression: A qualitative analysis of transgender youth Archives of sexual behavior 45, 1697-1703

S Cerwenka, TO Nieder, P Cohen-Kettenis, G De Cuypere, … Sexual behavior of gender-dysphoric individuals before gender-confirming interventions: a European multicenter study Journal of sex & marital therapy 40 (5), 457-471

Media

Archief Gedragswetenschappen (ADNG) (October 4, 2021). Peggy Cohen-Kettenis (1948) Oral History ADNG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDO4FkI5F9o

Resources

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

• peggy-cohen-kettenis-71669221

Amsterdam UMC (amsterdamumc.org)

• Peggy Cohen-Kettenis
• amsterdamumc.org/en/research/researchers/peggy-cohen-kettenis.htm

The community of sex and gender minorities covers the full political spectrum. The size and inclusiveness of the community is debated, but this project takes a very broad definition of who is included.

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Milton Thomas “Milt” Edgerton, Jr. was an American plastic surgeon who served our community. Edgerton is widely considered one of the most important American plastic surgeons of the 20th century.

Background

Edgerton was born in Atlanta on July 14, 1921 and earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Emory University in 1941. Edgerton earned a medical degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1944. Following a surgical residency, Edgerton joined the United States Army and operated on injured World War II veterans.

Edgerton joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1951 and got tenure in 1962. In 1970 Edgerton was recruited to the University of Virginia to found the Department of Plastic Surgery, working and teaching there until retiring in 1994.

Edgerton had many students and colleagues who served our community as well, including Howard W. Jones, Jr. and John Gale Kenney. Edgerton was author of four books and over 500 scientific papers on plastic surgery. As shown in the selected bibliography below, Edgerton’s articles when read from earliest to latest read like an unfolding of the history of our community.

Edgerton died at age 96 on March 17, 2018. The Milton T. Edgerton, M.D. Professorship in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins is named in Edgerton’s honor.

Selected publications

Edgerton MT. Plastic surgery: its roots and rewards. Ann Plast Surg. 2003 Mar;50(3):240-3. PMID: 12800898

Edgerton MT. Early plastic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2002 Jul;110(1):229-33. PMID: 12087260

Edgerton MT. Plastic surgery: the rainbow profession. Ann Plast Surg. 1997 Mar;38(3):197-201. PMID: 9088453

Edgerton MT, Langman MW, Pruzinsky T. Plastic surgery and psychotherapy in the treatment of 100 psychologically disturbed patients. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1991 Oct;88(4):594-608. PMID: 1896531

This paper reviews the senior author’s long-term experience with the surgical-psychiatric treatment of 100 aesthetic surgery patients with significant psychological disturbances. Patients with psychological disturbances of a magnitude generally considered an “absolute contraindication” for surgery were operated on and later assessed to determine the psychological impact of surgery. Patient follow-up averaged 6.2 years (maximum follow-up 25.7 years). Of the 87 patients who underwent operation (7 patients were refused surgery and 6 voluntarily deferred surgery), 82.8 percent had a positive psychological outcome, 13.8 percent experienced “minimal” improvement from surgery, and 3.4 percent were negatively affected by surgery. There were no lawsuits, suicides, or psychotic decompensations. Patients with severe psychological disturbances frequently benefited from combined surgical-psychiatric treatment designed to address the patient’s profound sense of deformity. This study suggests that plastic surgeons are “passing up” a significant number of patients who may be helped by combined surgical-psychological intervention. Comment in: * Plast Reconstr Surg. 1992 Aug;90(2):333-5.* Plast Reconstr Surg. 1992 Jun;89(6):1173-5.

Edgerton MT Jr, Langman MW, Pruzinsky T. Patients seeking symmetrical recontouring for “perceived” deformities in the width of the face and skull. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 1990 Winter;14(1):59-73. PMID: 2330857

This article describes plastic surgery patients who sought symmetrical recontouring of the width of the face and skull. The basic demographic and personality characteristics of these facial width deformity (FWD) patients and the surgical procedures performed on them are discussed. Details of the surgical and psychological management of three representative cases are given. Speculative conclusions regarding the general characteristics of the FWD population are offered. Suggestions are proposed for a combined surgical-medical psychotherapeutic collaboration in managing these patients.Comment in: * Aesthetic Plast Surg. 1990 Fall;14(4):299-300.

Pauly IB, Edgerton MT. The gender identity movement: a growing surgical-psychiatric liaison. Arch Sex Behav. 1986 Aug;15(4):315-29. PMID: 3741090

The evaluation and treatment of individuals with gender identity problems has resulted in an interesting and productive collaboration between several specialties of medicine. In particular, the psychiatrist and surgeon have joined hands in the management of these fascinating patients who feel they are trapped in the wrong body and insist upon correcting this cruel mistake of nature by undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Over the last two decades, some 40 centers have emerged in which interdisciplinary teams cooperate in the evaluation and treatment of these gender dysphoric patients. The model for this collaboration began at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, where the Gender Identity Clinic began its operation in 1965 (Edgerton, 1983; Pauly, 1983). This “gender identity movement” has brought together such unlikely collaborators as surgeons, endocrinologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, and research specialists into a mutually rewarding arena. This paper deals with the background and modern era of research into gender identity disorders and their evaluation and treatment. Finally, some data are presented on the outcome of sex reassignment surgery. This interdisciplinary collaboration has resulted in the birth of a new medical subspecialty, which deals with the study of gender identification and its disorders.

Edgerton MT. The role of surgery in the treatment of transsexualism. Ann Plast Surg. 1984 Dec;13(6):473-81. PMID: 6524842

The increasing use of surgery for sex reassignment in the treatment of transsexualism is described. The author’s early experience over a twenty-year period with the Gender Identity teams at The Johns Hopkins University and The University of Virginia is summarized. Many of the reasons for slow acceptance of this type of surgery by many members of the medical profession are analyzed. The satisfactory subjective results described by patients who have received sex reassignment continue to exceed the results obtained by other methods. The author concludes that further study of surgical treatment is justified, but that it should be limited to established multidisciplinary teams working in academic settings. Physicians are urged to withhold judgment on the role of surgery in gender disorders until they have had significant personal experience with these desperate and complex patients.

Edgerton MT Jr, Langman MW, Schmidt JS, Sheppe W Jr. Psychological considerations of gender reassignment surgery. Clin Plast Surg. 1982 Jul;9(3):355-66. PMID: 7172587

Edgerton MT, Sheppe WM Jr, Turner UG 3rd, Thorup OA. Transsexualism. An insight into the power of psychologic gender–a panel discussion. Pharos Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Med Soc. 1978 Oct;41(4):31-6. PMID: 724795

Turner UG 3rd, Edlich RF, Edgerton MT. Male transsexualism–a review of genital surgical reconstruction. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1978 Sep 15;132(2):119-33. PMID: 356612

Transsexualism is a poorly understood, uncommon, and controversial entity of recent interest to the lay public and medical profession. Important features of the condition are discussed, surgical procedures for genital conversion in male transsexuals are compared, and our experience at the University of Virginia where 53 patients have been treated surgically is presented. All patients have made satisfactory postoperative psychosocial adjustment despite a surgical complication rate approaching 50 per cent. It is concluded that alternative (better) surgical procedures for male transsexuals should be explored.

Bralley RC, Bull GL, Gore CH, Edgerton MT. Evaluation of vocal pitch in male transsexuals. Commun Disord. 1978 Sep;11(5):443-9. PMID: 730836

A 49-year-old male-to-female transsexual was administered voice therapy following surgery. Tape recordings were made of her speech prior to and each week during therapy. Selected sentences from these reocrdings were analyzed. Results indicate that changes in both fundamental frequency and perceptual judgments of femininity were statistically significant and supportive to the client. The voice of the client was still discernible from that of a female speaker, although less so than before therapy. It is suggested that a composite treatment program combined with laryngeal modification through surgical intervention may be necessary.

Thomson JA Jr, Knorr NJ, Edgerton MT Jr. Cosmetic surgery: the psychiatric perspective. Psychosomatics. 1978 Jan;19(1):7-15. PMID: 622436

Edgerton MT. Liquid silicone injections to improve scars: is this a solution to the problem? Clin Plast Surg. 1977 Apr;4(2):311-9. PMID: 852228

Edgerton MT. The surgical treatment of male transsexuals. Clin Plast Surg. 1974 Apr;1(2):285-323. PMID: 4609668

Edgerton MT. Transsexualism–a surgical problem? Plast Reconstr Surg. 1973 Jul;52(1):74-6. PMID: 4713823

Edgerton MT, Bull J. Surgical construction of the vagina and labia in male transsexuals. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1970 Dec;46(6):529-39. PMID: 4923947

Edgerton MT, Knorr NJ, Callison JR. The surgical treatment of transsexual patients. Limitations and indications. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1970 Jan;45(1):38-46. PMID: 490284

Knorr NJ, Hoopes JE, Edgerton MT. Psychiatric-surgical approach to adolescent disturbance in self image. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1968 Mar;41(3):248-53. PMID: 5644617

Knorr NJ, Edgerton MT, Hoopes JE. The “insatiable” cosmetic surgery patient. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1967 Sep;40(3):285-9. PMID: 6037160

Turner, Edlich & Edgerton, 1978
Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottville, VA, USA
In structure and representation this publication is closely related to the one of Edgerton & Meyer (1973), that is, it is no follow-up study with reliable data. Related are mostly surgical techniques for MFTs and surgical complications. Under historical viewpoints it is an interesting statement that Edgerton was already in 1963 the director of the Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic in Baltimore, MD, while everywhere else the founding of this institution is generally dated two years later. Also it is interesting that a psychologist is given a key role or a veto right to the indication to surgery. For the rest, the necessity for a successful one-year-long “Real-Life-Test” as it was already in Edgerton & Meyer (1973), the experimental surgical breast enlargement is recommended as a step if the patient and treatment provider are insecure regarding the stability of the female identity of the patient. In how far the statement: “The only justification for the ongoing evaluation of surgery as a definite treatment entity is that patients with this condition have proved resistant to psychotherapy and drug therapy” (p. 121) is a general postulate or if the corresponding possibility has been tested with those who underwent surgery is not to be discerned by the publication.
It is reported about 53 gender reassignment surgeries of MFTs that Edgerton made after changing from Baltimore to Virginia.
Forty seven females came to the follow-up study in the first year after surgery. Globally it is said that all were subjectively happy and self-secure and socially better adjusted. “Psychological testing has substantiated these subjective claims” (p. 128). Suicide attempts after surgery or desires to role re-reversal were not observed. Eighteen females had gotten married and six had adopted children.
In the series of the first 20 surgically treated, 14 females required corrective surgery; in the series of the second 20, only eight. The most frequent complication was the stenosis of the vagina. Injuries of the urethra or rectum with corresponding fistulae did not occur.

References

Smith, Harrison (July 16, 2018) Milton Edgerton, trailblazing plastic surgeon for children and transgender patients, dies at 96. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/milton-edgerton-trailblazing-plastic-surgeon-for-children-and-transgender-patients-dies-at-96/2018/07/16/28bcae0a-8836-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html

American Society of Plastic Surgeons (May 22, 2018). Craniofacial groundbreaker Milton Edgerton, MD, passes at age 96. https://www.plasticsurgery.org/for-medical-professionals/education-and-resources/publications/psn-extra/news/craniofacial-groundbreaker-milton-edgerton-md-passes-at-age-96

Morgan RF, Morgan EA (2019). Milton T Edgerton, MD: A Pioneer of Surgery of the Hand. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery: March/April 2019 – Volume 30 – Issue 2 – p 303–305 https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000005063

Resources

Archival contact information:

• University of Virginia Medical Center, Gender Identity Clinic, P. O. Box 376 Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA
• Phone: (434) 924-5068

The previous version of this site had occasional essays and news posts between 2003 and 2014. This is an archive of those notes, shown in reverse chronological order.

Items in bold have been ported to this site. Other links go to archive.org for now.

2014

July

• Casting notice: THE THIRD SEX staged reading 14 July

March

• MIT student health insurance now covers all trans health services

January

• Recent scientific studies on transsexualism summarized

2013

November

• Reminder: Letters For My Sisters submission deadline November 15

October

• Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children opens child and adolescent gender clinic

September

• New study on transition-related health care coverage in employee health benefits
• New series seeking trans women outside LA or NYC
• GATE Funding Survey: seeking data on trans human rights funding

August

• Revised US gov’t form forces trans employees to out themselves (updated)

July

• Letters For My Sisters: Call for submissions

June

• Seeking 20-something trans woman for Gender Spectrum Conference panel

February

• Hung Jury: Testimonies of Genital Surgery by Transsexual Men

2012

December

• TransYouth Family Allies’ Jo Olson on Ricki Lake Show Dec. 11

November

• Another transgender woman hoaxed by Denise Magner/Kiira Triea comes forward
• Transkids hoaxer Denise Magner (Kiira Triea) has died. Some final comments.

October

• Family Restaurant children’s film now available
• Speaking at Chatham University on 17 October
• Toronto schools list local trans-friendly resources, CAMH rightfully omitted

September

• CAMH-style “therapy” for trans youth now illegal in California

July

• Employment Rights for Transgender/LGBT Workers, 11 July, Oakland, CA

June

• Transgender rights: Employers asking about your old name

May

• New TV series seeks trans people planning a wedding
• Transgender & applying to college? See how schools rank for inclusivity

March

• Family Restaurant, film for kids with LGBT parents
• Fourfold increase in transgender youth clients at new clinic
• Dr. Oz Show seeks trans women guests for mid-March taping

February

• More endocrinologists worldwide recognize puberty blockers as safe for trans youth

January

• Transgender voice consultations available via videoconferencing
• Filmmaker seeks transgender individuals struggling with religion
• Transgender employee’s work transition letter

2011

November

• TransYouth Family Allies year-end fundraiser: please help TYFA help families!

October

• 5-disc and 10-disc transgender survival kits reduced $80+

September

• WPATH: Reparative therapy on transgender youth “is no longer considered ethical”

August

• Kenneth Zucker’s cronyism and pathologizing ideologies about trans youth examined

July

• Gender Identity & Expression in the Workplace: Pragmatic Guide for Lawyers & Human Resource Pros
• Reader note about “passing” and “acceptance”
• Outfest 2011: Groundbreaking transgender films and more
• Updated list of websites selling clothes for tall women
• New GIRES wiki resource lists UK support groups, plans expansion

June

• “DSD” supporters on track to get intersex listed among DSM-V’s disorders
• British Psychological Society joins critics of proposed DSM-V revisions
• New book challenges reparative therapists bent on “curing” trans children
• TransYouth Family Allies’ Kim Pearson wins Vanguard Award at LGBTA Youth Awards
• More European rights groups oppose “gender identity disorder” in DSM-V

April

• New Short Survey on Respectful Language for Trans People
• UCLA demographic report: about 700,000 transgender Americans

March

• New young adult novel about trans teen: I Am J
• Transformingfamily.org: Los Angeles resource for trans youth and parents
• Transgender rights: can potential employers ask your old name?
• First-hand reader orchiectomy report: Harold Reed, Miami

January

• Sample transgender coming out letter for coworkers
• 26 suicide prevention experts call for end to trans pathologization in DSM-5 by 2013

2010

December

• Letter from a grandmother who transitioned decades ago
• Spouses of trans people sought for study
• First-hand orchiectomy report from a reader

October

• Julia Serano: The Case Against Autogynephilia
• Ten Reasons Why the Transvestic Disorder Diagnosis in the DSM-5 Has Got to Go

September

• Suspicious organization GenID.org/GIEC targeting trans people
• Bank safe deposit boxes and financial planning
• New Vermont trans organization: VETO

August

• Canadian ‘peter meter’ youth program halted; tester charged with sexual assault

July

• Ontario moves to end CAMH death grip on trans health services
• Transición de hombre a mujer: consideraciones básicas
• Feds take a stand on housing discrimination faced by transgender people
• Injected silicone removal: medical resources
• Central Florida transgender resources

June

• Fun new Bad Questions To Ask A Transsexual merchandise
• Stop trans pathologization: International response
• Rectovaginal fistula: first-hand report

May

• Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) needs your help to pass!
• Trans Bodies, Trans Selves chapter proposals due June 1
• Anthropology graduate thesis on trans identities
• Another anti-LGBT “expert” busted: George Rekers and his vacation “rent boy”

April

• Support our next film: join us for a night on the town!
• Answers About Transgender Issues in the New York Times
• My comment on the DSM-V proposals
• Applications for Trans Bodies, Trans Selves interns due May 15
• Canada: Psychiatrist arrested for crimes against sex/gender minorities. Is CAMH next?

March

• Demand LGBT employment rights today
• Response to a thoughtful blogger regarding HBS and transkids.us hoaxers
• More transkids.us hoax weirdness: The case of the purloined plane
• Controversy continues over APA and gender variance
• Canadian minor skips “gender clinics,” gets post office box for hormones
• Dr. Oz y niños trangéneros: Con subtítulos en español
• Transgender fringe flare-ups: “PurpleGirl” and “Cloudy”/”Sillyolme”

February

• Transgender Health Handbook for transwomen in Asia
• Transsexual Road Map German translation (Wegweiser für Transsexuelle)
• Facial feminization patient guide from Agave Clinic
• New project: Trans Bodies, Trans Selves
• Paul McHugh still fighting against rights for sex and gender minorities
• Trans film news: Paulista, Prodigal Sons
• Two new books on the trans experience

January

• New support forum for couples where both partners are trans
• US Dept. of Justice joins in federal case on behalf of gender-variant teen
• Update: FFS surgeon Douglas Ousterhout no longer planning to retire
• New transgender community referral / resource site: Trans411
• Essays expose CAMH’s despicable practices toward transgender people
• Trans social event in LA, Saturday 30 January
• Expanded services for trans teens and young adults in San Jose, CA

2009

December

• Montreal surgeon Yvon Ménard retires; Pierre Brassard continues trans health services
• Point Foundation 2010 Scholarships Available
• New book: ‘Facial Feminization for the Transgendered Woman’ by Douglas Ousterhout

November

• Sam Winter calls for end to trans psychopathologization
• Ira Pauly and transsexualism
• Melanie Anne Phillips’ Raised by Wolves eBook and paperpack
• Malgorzata Lamacz and transsexualism
• Seeking Stories: Gender Transition and Health Insurance Coverage
• TransYouth in the news
• Peter Collins on transsexualism
• What motivates Ray Blanchard’s oppression of sex and gender minorities?

October

• Transgender disclosure letter for conservative workplace
• Visualizing CAMH’s stranglehold on Canadian trans health services
• New Irish trans documentary: Identities
• ‘Bodyshock’ episode on transgender youth
• Trans physician Dana Beyer kicks off state office run
• Transgender people in trade unions
• UK Commission releases detailed report on trans research
• Hate Crimes Bill Passes: First Federal Protections of Transgender People
• HUD Plans to Prohibit Gender Identity Discrimination
• New LA transgender educational support: Office Hours
• No more “doctor’s note” for New York transgender name change
• Reading list critical of DSM and the bio-psych merge
• $325,000+ in salaries for Zucker & Blanchard to pathologize trans people
• Colorado Gold Rush February 25-28 2010
• Intersex is not a self-diagnosis
• Recent International Trans Depathologization Network events
• Ken Zucker to discuss intersex physical and mental “disorders”
• Kim Petras, Norman Spack, Carla Antonelli on trans youth
• 2010 Angels of Change calendar of transgender models available
• Broad expansion of “paraphilia” planned for 2012
• UK article on trans youth
• Dallas-area attorney that handles trans legal issues
• New book: Transgender Explained For Those Who Are Not
• Private transgender social event in Los Angeles, October 11th

September

• fMRI “proves” dead salmon can see humans
• Another (gasp!) actual intersex person on the Caster Semenya fiasco
• ‘Rocky Horror’ creator on corrosive effects of trans pathologization
• Transgender policy change for Ohio Drivers Licenses
• New Trans and Faith YouTube channel
• Thailand tightens rules on trans surgery for young people
• New booklet: Lower Surgery for Trans Men
• Yogurt for dilation smell improvement
• New primer on transgender “passing”
• Auction: Two box seat tix with Calpernia & me @ One Night StandUp Drag Queens (benefits Oufest)
• National Geographic transgender episode (features trans youth)
• 60 Minutes piece on trans youth
• Psycograph and plethysmograph: separated at birth?
• Trans counseling in Long Island City, Queens, NY
• Free counseling for LGBT youth ages 16-24 in San Jose, CA
• Angels of Change benefit in LA September 21, 2009
• Caster Semenya intersex controversy from (gasp!) an intersex person’s perspective
• Stanford Male to Female Transgender Metabolic Study seeks participants
• LGBT Friendly Charter School in Los Angeles
• Canada: emerging treatment options for trans teens
• Support the International Campaign against Trans Pathologization
• Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) updates
• More transgender travel updates in US
• Two articles from a Thai contributor

August

• Calpernia Addams: What I Wish I Had Known About Transition When I Was Younger
• Please help! ‘Queens at Heart’ restoration
• Reader: My sixth visit to E3000
• Sweden reviewing regressive policies for access to trans health services
• Good overview of policy issues affecting trans people
• Transgender passport amendment process revised
• University of Denver researcher seeks trans participants
• Excellent paper on “disorder” models of sex and gender minorities
• New site on trans surgery results: TransBucket.com
• What a gender “assessment” from Toronto’s CAMH looks like
• Ken Zucker discusses his reparative therapy of gender-variant children

July

• Several new trans books
• Facial Feminization survey

June

• Twenty hallmarks of fake trans personae
• Paper: Revision Suggestions for Gender Related Diagnoses in the DSM and ICD
• Toronto LGBT academics meeting June 18 at The 519 (researchwithpride.org)
• Chinese transsexuals now face regressive Toronto-style requirements
• Arizona name change for out-of-state students
• Megan B. McCormick, transsexualism, and J. Michael Bailey
• Trial for Teish Green’s murder– let’s raise awareness!
• 40 Trans Heroes named in honor of Stonewall 40th anniversary
• UK Paper: 1 in 166 gender variant; trans clients double every 5 years
• Lynn Conway files a formal complaint against Ken Zucker
• US DVD release of French Film ‘Another Woman’ (Une Autre Femme)
• Reader report: 5th visit to E3000 (transgender facial hair rmeoval)
• CPATH conference today
• Reader tips: gender transition (full-time at 24)
• UK Domestic Violence survey for Trans people
• Reader tip: Passport gender marker change without surgery
• Reader tip: Montana transgender name change
• Reader tip: real-time voice monitoring via Audacity
• Orchiectomy resource in Atlanta

May

• Security tip for transgender people posting photos
• TransYouth Family Allies interview on transgender minors
• Transgender video “Coming Out Vol. 1” now on YouTube
• Report on trans protest at American Psychiatric Association
• Poster for APA convention protest May 18 in San Francisco
• Transsexuality will no longer be classified as mental illness in France
• We Count Trans-Census 2010
• Help TYFA raise $3,750 more to help trans youth at upcoming events
• APA protest of “gender identity disorder” May 18 in San Francisco
• Article on trans history in Philadelphia

April

• Lynn Conway analyzes ‘The War Within’ CAMH over trans services
• New Jersey updates policy on drivers license gender change
• More PR on “gender identity disorder” at upcoming APA meeting
• A good day for trans rights!
• CNN/Fortune article on workplace transition
• Revising Gender: A new ‘In The Life’ episode
• New APA Task Force To Review Possible “GID” Treatment Guidelines
• Close the CAMH Gender Identity Clinic
• Trans DSM-V rally/protest in San Francisco May 18
• Finding Your Female Voice booklet now in German
• Transvestic Disorder and Policy Dysfunction in the DSM-V
• Transition advice from a non-transgender friend
• Two good media pieces on silicone “pumping”
• TYFA’s Kim Pearson discussing National Geographic documentary on trans youth
• Philadelphia trans students: OutFront scholarship opportunity
• CAMH internal report: “Dismissive, condescending and authoritarian attitudes” at gender clinic
• New book: Transitions

March

• Circles Retreat/Conference at Manzanita Village April 10-12
• Transgender voice feminization: A musical approach
• Reader reply: Credit Report Changes
• Finding Your Female Voice clip: vocal anatomy
• Logo online introduces Transgender Stories page
• GLSEN National School Climate results
• Trans Sister Tales March 19 in LA
• New Website: Transgender Friendly Religious Alliance
• Building Stronger Awareness for Transgender in Your LGBTQ Employee Resource Group
• Ontario plans infusion of tax money for CAMH to subsidize their control over trans people
• New LA support group for masculinizing trans people
• “Disordered” No More: Challenging Transphobia in Psychology, Academia and Society
• New book: Magna Sententia: The Logical Cure for Our Society
• New book: Transsexuality in the Late 20th Century: What It Was and What It Wasn’t
• New book: Understanding Transgender People and the Diveristy of Human Sexuality
• Credit report name change for transgender people
• National Center for Transgender Equality Lobby Days 4/26-28
• Transgender Equality and the Federal Government
• Erotic components of transgender feelings
• Educational materials on “Transamerica”
• Transgender “standards of care” and the male mind
• Outfest FUSION 2009 Los Angeles LGBT People of Color Film Festival
• Transgender kids: How young is too young for a sex change?
• Town Hall 3/30 in LA: Educational Experiences for Trans Communities
• Tips for “feminizing” your hands
• ‘Work It Out’ Job Fair, West Hollywood 4/25 : Employers & applicants invited
• Transgender veterans in media spotlight
• Pam’s House Blend: Hate Crimes & ENDA
• National Transgender Advocacy Coalition Lobby Days: Washington DC, May 6-8
• Lynn Conway discusses Kenneth Zucker’s legal threats on CBS News

February

• Queenz of Media appearance Feb 26 at 9:30pm Pacific
• NHS Choices on YouTube – Ruth’s Story
• New: ‘Women Born Transsexual’ blog
• Kim Petras in the news
• Kenneth Zucker’s legal threats: A pattern of silencing transgender critics
• Disclosing your transgender status: a married reader shares her thoughts
• Transgender, and Looking for Work…During A Recession
• “Transproofed” website launches
• All-trans V-Day 5th anniversary
• Gender Madness in American Psychiatry author in LA February 23rd
• More trans leaders weigh in on Ken Zucker’s intimidation tactics
• Zucker v. Conway, Round 1000
• My letter to the New York Times on “What Do Women Want?”
• Reader poem honoring Murray Kimmel’s service to our community
• Transgender Economic Empowerment Initiative
• Groundbreaking legal guide to assist transgender immigrants
• Photos: An evening with April Ashley
• Reader report: 4th visit to E3000
• Sheila Mengert: Extend Protections to Transgendered Community
• Queerty: Dr. Kenneth Zucker’s War on Transgenders
• Ken Zucker nastygram to Lynn Conway threatening a libel lawsuit

January

• llinois transsexual women challenge birth certificate law
• New book: Gender Madness in American Psychiatry
• Philadelphia: Dr. Murray Kimmel closes practice
• Point Foundation mentorship program cites transgender NWSA panel
• Retin-A and surgical scars
• Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner denounces transgender discrimination
• Proposed transgender initiatives posted on change.gov
• Book for Trans Youth: 10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert
• The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ secrecy criticized
• PLOS: The Role of Medical Language in Changing Public Perceptions of Illness
• At IFGE 2009: “Disordered” No More: Challenging Transphobia in Psychology, Academia and Society
• Reader report: third visit to Electrology 3000
• Intersex case sets precedent for Mexican transsexual birth certificates
• Colorado Gold Rush, March 26 – 29, 2009
• transkids.us hoax: Kiira Triea pals “Cloudy” and Teresa Binstock
• transkids.us hoaxer Kiira Triea’s sockpuppet “Janelle Laren”

2008

December

• Lynn Conway: APA’s inadequate response to bad GID prevalence data
• Transkids.us hoax site IP analysis, pre-2005
• Transkids.us hoax origins: Kiira Triea sockpuppet “Deni”
• Jenn Ross and the transkids.us hoax
• Easing transitions with gender assignmentEasing transitions with gender assignment
• DHHS “Provider Conscience” may affect access to trans health care
• Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Name Change Project
• Harvard Business Review article on gender transition at work
• New Family and Medical Leave Act Regulations to Affect Transgender People
• This is H.O.W.: Phoenix housing for homeless/recovering trans people
• Another intersex activist on issues raised by Kiira Triea (aka Denise Tree)
• New website for facial feminization surgeon Jeffrey Spiegel MD
• AARP and New York Life Change Insurance Contracting Rules to Recognize Affirmed Transpeople
• The transkids.us hoax: Another Kiira Triea victim comes forward
• Douglas Ousterhout plans to retire in January 2011
• DES’s Other Daughters: Neglected Evidence of Prenatal Gender Development
• 1937 article: Can Sex in Humans Be Changed?
• Psychiatric Politics: Look Who’s lobbying Who down at the APA?
• New guideline: Medical care for gender variant adolescents
• Survey on Gender Variant Children announced
• Stories and poems by Li Sam

November

• The Gender Gulag: Voices of the Asylum
• Psychosexual Outcome of Gender-Dysphoric Children
• More anonymity options for transgender online resources
• The Portman Clinic and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: eugenic hotbeds
• Autogynephilia: The Infallible Derogatory Hypothesis, Part 2
• Should new mental illness be made up in secret or debated openly?
• Opinion: Non-normative gender is not a disease
• Transgender employment rights get an important federal win
• APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance: Comparison of drafts
• “JT LeRoy,” “Danny Ryan,” and “transkid” hoaxes

October

• Ma Vie En Rose/Queens at Heart in Hollywood 11/19
• “The Transgender Phenomenon: A Workshop” November 9, Escondido, CA
• Atlantic Monthly and NPR discuss transgender youth
• Reader report: Possible option for saving on transgender hormones
• Reader report: recent feminizing procedures
• Reader report: My second visit to Electrology 3000
• Harvard Business Review weighs in on transgender workplace issues
• Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) web updates
• GID Reform Blog posts “Blinded Me With Science: The Burden of Proof”
• First-hand report: Washington State transgender name change
• Snap-happy Ken Zucker and Richard Green compiling a Transgender Enemies album?

September

• Trans for Obama initiative nearly doubles its donors in one day
• Trans for Obama blog day update!
• September 29 is Trans for Obama Day!
• Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing
• NCTE Resource: U.S. Passports for transgender people
• The Transgender Economy: Our Money is as Good as Your Money!
• Transworkplace: Transgender Workplace Diversity Network
• Protest Ken Zucker October 1st, 8.30am, The Royal Society of Medicine, London
• Outfest Legacy Awards, September 24th in LA
• Angels of Change benefit for trans youth, September 29
• Trans group: reflect all views in DSM-V revision committee
• Stephen Whittle on the real life test
• NCTE/Task Force transgender survey: please participate!
• Lynn Conway’s open letter to the APA regarding Task Force data dispute
• Reader experience at Electrology 3000 (E3K)
• Reader Jona Kompa’s thoughts for trans people starting out
• Survey: 7 in 10 straight adults say trans status shouldn’t affect employment
• Falsification of GID prevalence results by the APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance
• Finding Your Female Voice workbook Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian translation

August

• Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS) with Dr. Bart: One woman’s experience
• A reader’s notes to young transitioners
• Ken Zucker blows off scheduled appearance at American Psychology Association
• American Psychology Association’s transphobic flack Kim Mills
• My comments on draft of APA trans task force report
• Trans task force report for American Psychological Association is out
• Diagnosis vs. Treatment: Barriers to Medical Care
• Transgender Access to Health Care
• Resource for Southern California trans people: genderpath.com
• Ken Zucker to appear at UK gender conference

July

• NWSA panel video: The Bailey Brouhaha
• Reader has second thoughts on vaginoplasty
• Transgender “Second Coming Out” question
• Dangers of Ontario trans health funding controlled by CAMH
• WPATH Clarification on Medical Necessity for Sex Reassignment Surgery
• Top Ten Problems with the GID Diagnosis
• Blinded Me With Science: Sampling Error
• Equality & Parity II: Statewide Action for Transgender HIV Prevention & Care
• Reader experience with colon graft vaginoplasty
• Teen tips on coming out as trans to parents
• Fast-track electrology recommendation: Arizona Electrolysis in Phoenix
• Disordered Identities: The Focus of Pathology
• Diagnosis vs. Treatment: The Horns of a False Dilemma

June

• Painful postoperative dilation for trans woman
• Maligning Terminology in the DSM: The Language of Oppression
• TYFA/Ian Benson and the trans work discrimination hearing
• Aubrey’s poem inspired by “My Secret Self”
• Calpernia Addams’ new blog for Psychology Today
• GEAR: Dallas Transgender resources
• Electrolysis and blood-borne illnesses
• ISNA’s legacy of shame and secrecy: The Sextard Movement
• Ken Zucker defends Ken Zucker for the APA
• Fair comment, foul play
• Alice Dreger’s Defense of J. Michael Bailey: Peer Commentary Papers Tear It Apart
• NWSA conference materials for panel on Bailey controversy
• American Medical Association Supports Transgender Health Care
• This is H.O.W. Phoenix residence for trans people
• CNN sensationalized coverage of “sex change” for children
• New support group: Partners of Trans Folk
• Planned play Trans Youth Tales needs talent
• Mothering Magazine publishes TYFA survey request
• Gay marriage: make change, not lawsuits
• Reminder: Milton Diamond seeks twins where one or both is transsexual

May

• New petition about Ontario human rights for trans/intersex people
• Paul McHugh vs. Norman Spack on helping trans youth
• PFLAG commitment to the trans community highlighted in new ads with Calpernia Addams
• New Book: The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals
• Dr. Linda Miskimen: oppose Ken Zucker and Ray Blanchard on DSM committee
• Why Kenneth J. Zucker Should Resign as Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Chair
• Update on the DSM-V Issue from Dr. Marshall Forstein
• CAMH Clarke Institute to control funding for trans health services again
• Current TV: Silent T Party
• Ray “man without a penis” Blanchard: I am not transphobic
• Kenneth Zucker’s racist analogy of gender variance
• More on consultant for CAMH Clarke Institute’s GLBT image problem
• Torontoist: “problematic and harsh” treatment of trans children at CAMH Clarke Institute
• NPR profiles supportive parents of trans youth vs. reparative therapist Ken Zucker
• Letter to consultant brought in to clean up CAMH Clarke Institute
• […]
• Europe-wide substantial research in trans experiences of discrimination
• Interview with UK Department of Health Programme Director for Equality Policy
• Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund Third Anniversary Benefit, June 10
• Deep Stealth’s “Coming Out” video for transsexual people FREE online
• […]
• Changing legal gender assignment in Canada
• Victoria Kolakowski for Alameda County Superior Court Judge
• Opening the Door to the Inclusion of Transgender People
• New England Trans Pride March Announces Rally Lineup, Seeks Support

April

• Kim Pearson of TYFA on TransFM Sunday @ 6:45 pm
• Colorado OutSpoken segment on Trans Youth Coming Out
• Gender Dysphoria: A Mother’s Tale
• Author seeks interviews with trans women who are married or in LTR
• Transitioning early in life: Kay’s advice
• Catharsisonline.net offers anonymous trans counseling
• New clinic for facial feminizing surgery in Marbella, Spain
• GenderVision Releases First Video Program, “Sex & Gender”
• LGBT resources in Tonga
• Sparkle Conference June 27-29, Manchester UK
• “Youth Out Loud! II” in pre-production

March

• Boston Globe profiles Norman Spack on treating trans youth
• New British Columbia trans healthcare group
• Trans women in Middle East face more crackdowns and abuses
• Lobby Day: April 14-15, 2008
• New Rally Location Set for June 7 New England Transgender Pride March
• Call for papers: Trans issue of ‘Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy’
• Circles Retreat at Manzanita Retreat Center, April 11-13
• Two Coffeetalks; revamped GenderQueer Revolution Site
• NCTE analysis and review of REAL ID Act
• ICRME Board accepts resignation of Benjamin Paige
• Benjamin Paige remains on ICRME board, issues statement
• ICRME formal statement on Banjamin Paige controversy
• Soul Source – Dilation Stents
• Dana Yost: Imperial Court’s anti-trans climate
• New Julia Serano piece on Alice Dreger and J. Michael Bailey
• Gayzette Denver retracts Benjamin Paige article attacking trans youth
• Transfigurations Stanford Presentation on iTunes

February

• Bad Questions to Ask a Transsexual – THE VIDEO!
• Important scientific document: SCIENTIFIC TRUTH
• Alice Dreger, J. Michael Bailey face new ethics charges
• Papillon Gender Wellness Center
• New England Transgender Pride March and Rally: Theme, Speakers and Performers
• Georgia transgender name change: how to avoid bad Cobb County judges
• Maddie Deutsch updated practice address
• Beginning Life moved to beginninglifeforums.com
• Coming out as transsexual to entire family made it easier
• New Los Angeles under-30 trans support group
• UK report on LGBT community safety issued
• TYFA’s new name, look, mission, vision and materials
• Transkids.us published server logs
• APA Trans/Intersex Task Force status update
• More intersex activist response to Denise Tree (aka Kiira Triea)
• Letter to Howard Jones re Denise Tree (aka Kiira Triea)
• transkids.us offline, intersex activists respond
• 10-year-old trans child commits suicide
• Community vigil for Lawrence King, 14-year-old shot in California
• Jobs and security clearances for trans people
• No matter how you slice it: parsing Alice Dreger’s self-defense
• Kim Pearson of TYFA on CNN (video clip)
• Paper: Trans media depictions and real-life effects
• New articles on medical care for gender variant adolescents
• Another fake transsexual site: tgbeauties.com
• Protest vigil outside HRC Annual Dinner 2/9 in Philadelphia
• Early transition: navigating Toronto’s shelter system

January

• Trans SOFFA anthology call for submissions
• Help! My twin is transsexual!
• Female-to-? Coming Out Support Group in LA
• Advocate article: Life without Puberty
• GIRES publishes for Department of Health on trans experiences and hormones
• GIRES/Mermaids grant to Dutch neuroscientist
• Is transgenderism unnatural?
• Social Security Gender No-Match Letters and Transgender Employees
• Indiana transgender legal and therapy resources
• Study: Cross-sex hormones “acceptably safe over the short and medium term”
• ‘Mom, I need to be a girl’ 2nd edition issued: Proceeds benefit TYFA

2007

December

• Weight loss and transsexual transition
• Denise Tree (aka Kiira Triea) gets probation and fine at trial
• Denise Tree (aka Kiira Triea) trial update
• 9 year old transitioner in New Hampshire
• A mom’s story of accepting her 21-year-old transsexual daughter
• Comments on transition and question on body measurements
• I’m 14 and I really need your help!
• Blue Cross California Clinical UM Guideline for GRS
• Questions about voice feminization training exercises
• Response about dating and disclosure

November

• I recently got married! Now I’m considering facial feminization…
• New trans comic: Between the Lines
• History book notes 2003 trans stand against academic exploitation
• Update from teen transitioner in Puerto Rico
• Alice Dreger’s “slice it” joke riles intersex activists
• Excellent advice about transgender medical care
• I am 27 and considering transition sometimes
• TYFA’s Kim Pearson radio interview: TransFM on Thursday
• Gender identity and the chemical delay of puberty
• Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel’s online questionnaire for FFS patients
• 19 year old with questions on hormones and hair removal
• Help, Transitioning, Questioning for a Minor
• Job Opening: Policy Advocate at Transgender Law Center in SF
• New personal site from helpful reader
• A cry for help: GLBT suicide
• Time Magazine profile on doctors helping trans youth
• CAMH Clarke Institute tries revising its horrible reputation
• New book: Principles of Transgender Medicine and Surgery
• I’m very confused…
• Transgender Day of Remembrance is next week
• ‘Paris is Burning’ screens in LA on 14 November
• Transsexual disclosure, stealth and self-acceptance
• Parents of trans child share story of transition at age 7
• Trans/Formed screening in LA on 13 November
• Question About Androgyny?
• TYFA’s Amethyst Ribbon Campaign battles transgender youth suicide

October

• “Free to be she — or he” by Deirdre McCloskey
• VDay castmember Valerie Spencer’s new blog
• Male Bodies, Women’s Souls by Andrew Matzner
• New spiritual resource for Cybele revivalism
• Dr. Maddie Deutsch on NPR’s ‘Marketplace Money’ 10/28
• Transition advice from a transsexual veteran: don’t join the military
• Call for Transsexual Narratives
• Legal troubles for Denise Tree (aka Kiira Triea) expose more lies
• Trans/Giving 4th anniversary show in Los Angeles
• Recommended speakers on intersex
• Alicia’s early transition advice
• Youth trans clinic in San Francisco: Dimensions Clinic
• TransYouth Family Advocates’ 15-year-old activist
• Updated New York transgender name change info
• TransFaith Online redesigned and updated
• New Zealand transsexual resource
• “Incongruent gender identity,” part two
• Hair Grafting after forehead work (transsexual FFS)
• “Incongruent gender identity” vs. “gender identity disorder”?
• Obtaining transsexual hormones as a minor: a reader’s experience
• Transsexual resources and role models in Brazil?
• Update from a teen transsexual
• What can be done to feminize hips?
• When should a transsexual person tell someone they are dating?
• Putting transsexual transition in perspective for self and friends
• Staying focused and positive during transition
• Is it safe to take vitamins with anti-androgens and hormones?
• Illinois drivers license change for transgender people
• Updated pagan spirituality resources for transgender people
• New book on transgender workplace diversity
• Your info on FFS, financing, and DIY electrolysis was a turning point
• Will hormones and facial surgery lead to a satisfying transition?
• Lambda Literary Foundation’s “complete overhaul” in wake of Bailey book
• Nutrition and weight issues for transgendered people
• Reason #56 why transsexual people need a court order for name change
• Feminine accessories at work before full-time caused me problems!
• Jelly lubrication, not liquid, for postoperative vaginal dilation
• Transition and ability to play musical instruments
• Finding transsexual medical resources: how to start?
• A fundamentalist Christian comments on my transsexual site
• Coming out as transsexual at work when my dad is the boss?
• Facial feminization: minor cosmetic revision to chin
• Transsexual therapy, insurance, depression

September

• Recent Receipt of U.S. Passport for Post-Op Transsexual Woman
• Am I a transsexual?
• Mamá, necesito ser una chíca (en PDF)
• Does rhinoplasty affect voice and singing quality?
• Concealing transsexual breast development in public
• Balancing immigration, school, job, and transition expenses
• Comment from a non-trans reader
• Anti-androgens and hair removal?
• Changing careers at the start of transition?
• How do I determine if transition is right for me?
• Turning transition hopes into tangible goals
• Breast augmentation, silicone injections, timing
• Hair loss after scalp advancement?
• Transition progress report from a reader
• Are long-term relationships with trans people possible?
• The basic facts of transsexuality?
• Transition in a small town?
• Solutions for big feet and broad shoulders?
• Finding the courage to transition
• Panic attacks and transition
• Height, weight, and assimilation
• What hormones should teen transsexuals take?
• ‘Mom, I need to be a girl’: Now in PDF format
• Writing for an international audience?
• Will FFS make my forehead too thin?
• Gunter Dorner and preventing gender variance through peace?
• Laud Humphreys, Steven Pinker, and other attention-seeking pseudoscientists
• Should I even waste my time on transition?
• Body hair has me afraid to transition!
• Telling parents and the fear of the unknown
• Resources for transgendered families?
• Hair removal, ingrown hair, and scams affect women with PCOS, too
• Transsexual regrets and going against Mother Nature
• Hairline and transplants?
• Unaccepting parents are stressing me out!
• Reactions at work to FFS? Hormone stoppage before FFS?

• Will unsupervised hormones as a teen make finding a doctor as an adult harder?
• Finding work mid-transition
• Direct loan consolidation simplifies student loan name changes
• Changing name: student loans, credit cards, and credit reporting
• FFS on a scale from 1 to 10?
• Obtaining female hormones at 16?
• Passing as male after FFS?
• Plastic surgery and diminishing returns
• FFS complication with nasal packing
• Transition and school applications
• Welcome to Transsexual Road Map notes!

Transcendence

I wrote a few essays in 2003, outlining philosophical and theoretical issues that have an effect on our community and beyond. They were intended to correct misunderstandings which arise in the course of debates.

Index of Transcendence [archive]

1: Under the spell of science [archive]

• This addresses accusations that I am “anti-science” and gives an overview of some ethical issues raised by first-wave sexologists like Bailey-Blanchard-Lawrence.

2: Gender terrorists [archive]

• A short commentary on a Department of Homeland Security press release warning that “male bombers may dress as females.”

3: Thresholds {archive]

• A reply to a post from Kendra Blewitt regarding my comments about those who identify as “autogynephiles.”