Explaining transsexualism

Originally posted 2016-07-14 12:19:18. Transsexualism is high profile these days. But what actually causes it? Who are transsexuals? Since there is clearly a deal of ignorance over this, I’m going to go  over the explanations again, in a short series of articles. Women trapped in men’s bodies? Many people are familiar with the idea that …

Autogynephilia Explained

Originally posted 2016-02-24 06:24:15. Autogynephilia was defined by Dr Ray Blanchard. His studies focussed  on patients born male who desired Genital Reconstruction Surgery (GRS) to change their male genitalia into cosmetic facsimiles of female ones. Blanchard’s work is the definitive basis of the science on the subject of Male-to-Feminine (MtF) transition desire.   He defined, …

Scales of Sexuality: measuring degrees of trans

Originally posted 2021-03-25 17:03:10. Several scales have been devised to categorise sexuality, transition desire and its effects. Here are several. Alfred Kinsey was one of the 20th century’s most important sex researchers. Kinsey was a biologist and, as such, knew that all biological phenomena exhibit scales of variation. Kinsey’s original scale referenced male homosexuality. Kinsey’s …

Transsexualism: the science

Originally posted 2017-09-01 11:11:57. Although this is often deliberately obscured, there is actually a significant amount of scientific literature on the subject of transsexualism or transgender, particularly Male-to-Feminine (Male sex, Feminine gender.) I have linked to the most important papers below and have commented on some. Essentially, the so-called ‘Feminine Essence’ hypothesis, which is often …

Links from Transkids r Us

The following is a page from the old Transkids r Us site, which was last updated over 15 years ago and recently appears to have vanished. Whether this was accidental or just out of neglect I don’t know. The site itself was valuable, if in need of quality editing. This page, which I saved, is …