Foreword, 2016 / by Jamison Green
Foreword, 1997 / by Jamison Green
Acknowledgements
New Introduction
Original Introduction
Part I: First Questions
1. Have Female-to-Male Transsexuals Always Existed?
2. Theories about Transsexualism
Part II: Childhood Years
3. Finding Out about Gender: Theories of Childhood Gender
Acquisition
4. Family Scenes
5. Who Would Want to Be a Girl?: The Women (and Girls) in
Participants' Families
6. Men Rule: The Men (and Boys) in Participants' Families
7. Lessons Learned at Home: Summary of Family Relationships
8. Childhood Friends and Foes: Relationships with Non-Family
Members
Part III: Adolescence
9. Adolescence Is about Change
10. Crises at Puberty
11. Adolescent Friendships
12. Women Are Different: Relationships with Female Relatives
13. Access Denied, Restrictions Apply: Relationship with Male
Relatives
14. Looking for Love, Groping for Identity: Adolescent
Sexuality
15. Concluding Adolescence
Part IV: Pre-Transition Years
16. Finding Identities
Part V: Changing Over
17. A Long Road
18. Making the Decision
19. Making the Changes
20. Coming Out Stories
21. Are We There Yet?
Part VI: Life after Transition
22. Nature Calls: Toilet Traumas and Medical Necessities
23. The Naked Truth about Sexuality
24. Visions of Genders
25. Lessons from the Journey
Part: VII: Concluding
26. Conclusions and Questions
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Subject Index
Participant Index
Aaron Devor, PhD, FSSSS, FSTLHE, is the Founder and Academic Director of the world's largest Transgender Archives, the world's first Research Chair in Transgender Studies, a former Dean of Graduate Studies (2002-2012), and a professor of Sociology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.
This is the most comprehensive, professional book to date on FTM
transsexualism and the many aspects of their life journeys. For its
volume, this book is clearly understandable and reads without
excessive use of scientific and academic rhetoric, thus making the
book available to a broad audience. It is nonjudgmental,
nonsensational, and provocative in its honesty, interpretation, and
challenge to the future of societal opinion regarding FTM gender
identity. (Reviewing a previous edition)
*Journal of Sex Research*
Devor's exploration of the life experiences and transformations of
female-to-male transsexuals richly describes a heretofore neglected
topic. Devor's compelling description provides readers with
insights that both contrast with and complement the existing
literature on male-to-female transsexuals and other transgendered
individuals. (Reviewing a previous edition)
*Contemporary Sociology*
A landmark in the documentation of the personal lives of
transsexual men. (Reviewing a previous edition)
*The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality*
The book alternates specialized academic analysis with the
individual studies, and should be of interest to both professionals
who work with transsexuals and scholars interested in gender
theory. (Reviewing a previous edition)
*Choice*
Writing with an intelligent and accessible style, Dr. Devor
balances exposition, analysis, and excerpts from her subjects'
interviews to present a coherent picture of what social life is
like for FTMs as they find their identity and learn about
themselves. (Reviewing a previous edition)
*Jamison "James" Green*
This is the most comprehensive, professional book to date on FTM
transsexualism and the many aspects of their life journeys. For its
volume, this book is clearly understandable and reads without
excessive use of scientific and academic rhetoric, thus making the
book available to a broad audience. It is nonjudgmental,
nonsensational, and provocative in its honesty, interpretation, and
challenge to the future of societal opinion regarding FTM gender
identity. (Reviewing a previous edition)
*Journal of Sex Research*
Devor's exploration of the life experiences and transformations of
female-to-male transsexuals richly describes a heretofore neglected
topic. Devor's compelling description provides readers with
insights that both contrast with and complement the existing
literature on male-to-female transsexuals and other transgendered
individuals. (Reviewing a previous edition)
*Contemporary Sociology*
A landmark in the documentation of the personal lives of
transsexual men. (Reviewing a previous edition)
*The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality*
The book alternates specialized academic analysis with the
individual studies, and should be of interest to both professionals
who work with transsexuals and scholars interested in gender
theory. (Reviewing a previous edition)
*Choice*
Writing with an intelligent and accessible style, Dr. Devor
balances exposition, analysis, and excerpts from her subjects'
interviews to present a coherent picture of what social life is
like for FTMs as they find their identity and learn about
themselves. (Reviewing a previous edition)
*Jamison "James" Green*
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