Gender and Life's Paths: Aug 26, 2007

Sunday, August 26, 2007

CNN's Larry King. . .Transgender is the topic. . .FTM and MTF

Confusing Dildo and Penis Incredible

By: ARTHUR S. LEONARD

08/23/2007

A California appeals court has ruled that a woman married for 14 years to a person she mistakenly thought was a man, at least for some portion of that time, can have her marriage annulled, but cannot at the same time make a state community property marriage law claim to a portion of the value of the family home purchased in her "husband"'s name.

The August 15 ruling upheld San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge John M. Pacheco's original ruling in the case.

According to the court's opinion by Presiding Justice Manuel Ramirez, Joy H. claimed to believe that Tammy C., who presented as a man but never had a sex change, was in fact John R. Based on her stated belief that she had entered into a legally valid marriage, Joy H. made the community property claim.

The couple met at their workplace, and Tammy identified herself as John, having an ID obtained in Arizona. They married in 1988, and after the wedding John informed Joy that he was sterile so that artificial insemination would be required to have a child. A co-worker provided the sperm that enabled the couple to give birth to a girl in 1989.

According to Ramirez's opinion, "Although the parties had a sexually active relationship, Joy H. maintained that she did not know that Tammy C. was a biological female." Joy claimed that John said he was self-conscious about his obesity and asked her not to look at him or touch his genitalia during sex. That cover allowed John to use a silicone dildo for intercourse. . . .

"Pholomolo-No-Man-Woman" by Veronique Renard

What can we expect from early transitioning MTF TSs?

A range of outcomes. . .here is information from one person in autobiography.

And, see her web site and a photo history available here.

"Transgender Theories," KQED program transcript

See complete transcript . . .from tsroadmap.com

"Transgender Theories"

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The show examines the ongoing debate over research into transgender identity.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

Dr. Alice Dreger, associate professor of Clinical Medical Humanities and BioEthics at Northwestern University

Dr. J. Michael Bailey, professor of Psychology at Northwestern University

Joan Roughgarden, professor of Biological Science at Stanford University and author of “Evolution's Rainbow"

Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality

Gender variance or nonconformity is found wherever one finds people.

A closer view reveals many variations in gender expression. Note “sex” refers to biology, genes, hormones, body development, whereas “gender” is social role, cultural expectations for appearance and behavior. Gender expression varies over time and throughout cultures and may vary in the lifetimes of individuals. We sometimes hear “male or female”, “masculine or feminine”, as defining “the binary”. Typically, many want males masculine and females feminine, in a world where being androgenous or a hybrid may actually work better. Yet many individuals, for example, parents, teachers, and friends, including some with gender issues, crave the binary. In the case of a significantly gender variant person, gender expression often does not match the social or binary gender role assigned at birth. Nevertheless, the person's expressed gender may feel correct or natural. Thus a gender nonconforming person, maybe someone who even sees themselves as “non-binary”, may feel very uncomfortable with the gender expression expected by parents and significant others. Fortunately, there are a growing number of resources to help those interested understand gender, development, change and adaptation. And there are creative paths one may explore to hopefully find comfort, experience a measure of peace and happiness, and in the process find the gender expression that works best. Here I offer some news, information, resources, opinions and POVs to help you learn more about gender expression and life situations. We now know there are a variety of paths individuals discover that may contribute to positive life changes.

Books you may find interesting:

Benjamin, Harry. (1966). The Transsexual Phenomenon. New York: The Julian Press, Inc. Full text and photographs available as an electronic book: http://www.symposium.com/ijt/benjamin/

Blanchard, Ray and Steiner, Betty W. (1990). Clinical Management of Gender Identity Disorders in Children and Adults. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.

Bolin, Anne. (1988). In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passage. South Hadley, Massachusetts: Bergin and Garvey.

Boenke, Mary, (Ed). (2003). Trans Forming Families. Hardy, VA: Oak Knoll Press.

Bornstein, Kate. (1994). Gender Outlaw: On men, women and the rest of us. Routledge: New York & London.

Brill, Stephanie & Pepper, Rachel. (2008). The Transgender Child. San Francisco: Cleis Press.

Brown, Mildred L. & Rounsley, Chloe Ann. (1996). True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Brownmiller, Susan. (1984). Femininity. New York: Linden / Simon Schuster.

Buss, David M. (1994). The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating. New York: Basic Books.

Califia, Pat. (1997). Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism. San Francisco: Cleis Press.

Cameron, Loren. (1996). Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits. San Francisco: Cleis Press.

Colapinto, John. (2000). As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl. New York: HarperCollins.

Cromwell, Jason. (1999). Transmen and FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders and Sexualities. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press.

Devor, Holly. (1989). Gender Blending: Confronting The Limits of Duality. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.

Devor, Holly. (1997). Female to Male Transsexuals in Society. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.

Docter, Richard F. (1988). Transvestites and Transsexuals: Toward a Theory of Cross-Gender Behavior. New York: Plenum Press.

Ehrensaft, Diane. (2011). Gender Born, Gender Made. New York: The Experiment, LLC.

Green, Jamison. (2004). Becoming a Visible Man. Nashville:Vanderbilt Univerrsity Press.

Griggs, Claudine. (1996). Passage through Trinidad: Journal of a Surgical Sex Change. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Co.

Griggs, Claudine. (1998). S/He: Changing Sex and Changing Clothes. Oxford: Berg.

HBIGDA, Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders, Sixth Version. (2001). http://www.hbigda.org/socv6.html#top

Kessler, Suzanne and McKenna, Wendy. (1978). Gender: An Ethnomethodological Approach. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Serano, Julia. (2007). Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Women on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. San Francisco: Seal Press.

Stuart, Kim Elizabeth. (1983). The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender. Portland, Oregon: Metamorphous Press, Inc.

Available from Metamorphous Press, Inc. P.O. Box 10616, Portland, Oregon 97210-0616. Fax (503) 223-9117 or Toll Free 1-800-937-7771

Sullivan, Lou. (1990). Information for the Female to Male Cross Dresser and Transsexual. Seattle, Washington: Ingersoll Gender Center.

Available from Ingersoll Gender Center. 1812 E. Madison Seattle, Washington 98122-2843. (206) 329-665

Williams, Walter L. (1986). The Spirit and The Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture. Boston: Beacon Press.

Zucker, Kenneth J. and Bradley, Susan J. (1995). Gender Identity Disorder and Psychosexual Problems in Children and Adolescents. New York: Guilford.

Gender and Life's Paths

Sunday, August 26, 2007

CNN's Larry King. . .Transgender is the topic. . .FTM and MTF

Confusing Dildo and Penis Incredible

"Pholomolo-No-Man-Woman" by Veronique Renard

"Transgender Theories," KQED program transcript

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