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History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social SciencesWell I never expected her to admit it, but reports are that she considers (or at least at one time considered) herself autogynephilic. She called Blanchard's ideas "brilliant." I agree. Anyone wanting to understand transsexualism must start here. I hope that Andrea James' endorsement of Blanchard's ideas will be swiftly followed by others who will stop denying what is obvious to the rest of us.
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This book needs to be read by all transsexuals, including those who are in denial about their autogynphelia. This includes some of the most "famed" transsexuals, who don't accept or refuse to accept their autosexual motivations for undergoing sex reaassignment surgeries. A masculine man has surgery to become a woman. Why on earth would a man do this? A man would do this if he has autogynephilia and has a fanatical obsession...
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Intrigued by the cover--a gnarly's man's legs, twisted in spikey high heels--I purchased this book on a whim. I read it with pleasure. Bailey is a scientist who writes with a magical pen that makes his writing understandable and lively for the lay reader (me!!!). The first section of this book talks about male homosexuality and the innate effeminancy of gay men. Bailey claims that gay men are always more effeminate than...
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This book explores a topic that has received only modest scholarly exploration: transsexuality. Bailey mines the available literature on transsexuality while conducting his own in depth qualitative research in Chicagoland's large and diverse transsexuality community. Bailey argues that are two basic kinds of transsexuality: homosexuality transsexuality, and autogynephilic transsexuality. The second type of transsexuality...
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This is quite simply the finest work on transsexualism I have ever read. Period. In this extraordinary book, Bailey neatly summarizes the current scholarship on transsexuality. His main contribution is that he distinguishes homosexual from autogynephilic transsexuality. Homosexual transsexuals are sexy, feminine men who are extremely convincing in the female role before and after sex reassignment surgery. Autogynephilic...
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