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Category: Start / Information/Education / TranssexualismSort links by: Title ( + | - ) Date ( + | - ) Rating ( + | - ) Popularity ( + | - ) Sites currently sorted by: Title (A to Z) Are Transsexuals Crazy?http://www.drbanks.com/serious/crazy.htmlWell, I just finished a dissertation on the subject, and I've got a few numbers to back me up. I was fortunate enough to be given the (anonymous) protocols from standardized testing on people who've visited the Gender Identity Clinic of New England in the last 28 years. Although none of this data told me who the people were, the data did represent a few hundred people who were seeking treatment for "Gender Identity Disorder," with some goal of starting therapy, hormonal treatment, or obtaining Sex Reassignment Surgery. Added on: 17-Nov-2005 | hits: 426 Report broken link | Details Lynn Conway: Transsexual Women's Successes Approximately 30,000 to 40,000 postoperative transsexual women live in the United States, and many thousands more are now in the process of gender transition here. These numbers are much larger than commonly assumed by the public because a veil of invisibility hides the true nature and extent of the transsexual condition. Especially hidden are large numbers of highly successful women who have fully transitioned. The reason is that most successful women live in "stealth mode" or are "woodworked". They leave their pasts behind and hide in plain sight in order to avoid social stigmatization and get on with their new lives. Their personal successes insure that they assimilate and blend right into society. |

