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May the Lord be with you and at your side always.
With much love, peace, & (((HUGS))) from Wisconsin, your friend,

Barbara Lynn Terry
"If I have to...Then I may as well be."

Introduction

Editors:
Friedemann Pfäfflin,
Ulm University, Germany

Walter O. Bockting,
University of Minnesota, USA

Eli Coleman,
University of Minnesota, USA

Richard Ekins,
University of Ulster at Coleraine, UK

Dave King,
University of Liverpool, UK

Managing Editor:
Noelle N Gray,
University of Minnesota, USA

Editorial Assistant:
Erin Pellett,
University of Minnesota, USA

Editorial Board

Authors

Contents
Historic Papers

Info
Authors´Guidelines

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ISSN 1434-4599


The Official Journal of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA)

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IJT Volume 6, Number 4, 2002

The Aesthetic Vulva: Perineal Cosmesis in the Male-to-Female Transsexual
Neal Wilson, M.B. B.S., F.R.C.S.
Fulltext

Satisfaction of MtF Transsexuals with Operative Voice Therapy –
A Questionnaire-based Preliminary Study
Kerstin Neumann, Cornelia Welzel, Ute Gonnermann, Uwe Wolfradt
Fulltext

Transgender Identity Affirmation and Mental Health
Larry Nuttbrock, Ph.D., Andrew Rosenblum, Ph.D., Rosalyne Blumenstein, MSW
Fulltext

What I Did For Love: Temporary Returns to the Male Gender Role
Stephen B. Levine, M.D. and Laura Davis
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IJT Volume 6, Number 3, 2002

Media Roles in Female-to-Male Transsexual and Transgender Identity Formation
Peter Ringo
Fulltext

The Desire to have Children and the Preservation of Fertility in Transsexual Women: A Survey
P. De Sutter, K. Kira, A. Verschoor, and A. Hotimsky
Fulltext

Cricothyroidopexy in Male-to-female-Transsexuals – Modification of Thyroplasty Type IV
Kerstin Neumann, Cornelia Welzel and Alexander Berghaus
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IJT Volume 6, Number 2, 2002

Notice: The HBIGDA’s XVII Symposium, Gent, 2003
Call for Papers

New Onset of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Feminizing Hormone Therapy: Case Series
Jamie Feldman
Fulltext

Gender Stereotype and Self among Transgenders: Underlying Elements
Sam Winter, Nuttawut Udomsak
Fulltext

Engaging Transgender Substance Users in Substance Use Treatment
Jean Oggins, Jeanna Eichenbaum
Fulltext

Towards a Transpositive Therapeutic Model: Developing Clinical Sensitivity and Cultural Competence in the Effective Support of Transsexual and Transgendered Clients
Rupert Raj
Fulltext

The Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders - Russian Version
Fulltext (pdf, Adobe Acrobat Reader required)


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IJT Volume 6, Number 1, 2002

Children and Adolescents Referred to a Specialist Gender Identity Development Service: Clinical Features and Demographic Characteristics
Domenico Di Ceglie, David Freedman, Susan McPherson and Philip Richardson
Fulltext

Fournier’s Gangrene in a Male to Female Transsexual
Andrew C. Lee, Chris R. Wilson and W. David George
Fulltext

Transgender Individuals’ Experiences of Psychotherapy
Katherine Rachlin
Fulltext

Male, Female and Transgender : Stereotypes and Self in Thailand
Sam Winter, Nuttawut Udomsak
Fulltext


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IJT Volume 5
Number 4, October - December 2001

Special: XVII Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium
31 October - 4 November 2001, Galveston, Texas, U.S.A.
Abstracts


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IJT Volume 5
Number 3, July - September 2001

Transgendering, Migrating and Love of Oneself as a Woman: A Contribution to a Sociology of Autogynephilia
Richard Ekins and Dave King
Fulltext

Effects of Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment on Emotionality in Transsexuals
Ditte Slabbekoorn, Stephanie H.M. Van Goozen, Louis J.G. Gooren and Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis
Fulltext

Case Report: Autoimmune Hepatitis in a Male-to-Female Transsexual Treated with Conjugated Estrogens
Vin Tangpricha, Nezam H. Afdhal and Stuart R. Chipkin
Fulltext

Mak Nyahs (Male Transsexuals) in Malaysia: The Influence of Culture and Religion on their Identity
Yik Koon Teh
Fulltext


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IJT Volume 5
Number 2, April - June 2001

Special Issue on David O. Cauldwell
(Classic Reprints Series)

Editorial
Richard Ekins and Dave King
Fulltext

Pioneers of Transgendering: The Popular Sexology of David O. Cauldwell
Richard Ekins and Dave King
Fulltext

Psychopathia Transexualis
David O. Cauldwell
Fulltext

Desire for Surgical Sex Transmutation: An Insane Fancy of Near Males
David O. Cauldwell
Fulltext

Questions and Answers on the Sex Life and Sexual Problems of Trans-Sexuals
David O. Cauldwell
Fulltext

Sex Transmutation – Can One’s Sex Be Changed?
David O. Cauldwell
Fulltext

David O. Cauldwell on Transsexualism, Transvestism and Related Topics: A Bibliography
Richard Ekins and Dave King
Fulltext


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IJT Volume 5
Number 1, January - March 2001

Vaginal Neoplasia in a Male-to-Female Transsexual: Case Report, Review of the Literature, and Recommendations for Cytological Screening
Anne A. Lawrence
Fulltext

Beginnings of Sex Reassignment Surgery in Japan
Takamatsu Ako, Harashina Takao, Inoue Yoshiharu, Kinoshita Katsuyuki, Ishihara Osamu, Uchijima Yutaka
Fulltext

Special:
Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association´s
The Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders -- Sixth Version


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IJT Volume 4
Number 3, July - September 2000

Special Issue:
What is Transgender?

Preface
Michael ‘Miqqi Alicia’ Gilbert
Fulltext
Introduction: Looking for Understanding
Ariadne Kane
Fulltext

Transgenderism and the Concept of Gender
Vern L. Bullough
Fulltext

Who put the "Trans" in Transgender? - Gender Theory and Everyday Life
Suzanne Kessler, Wendy McKenna
Fulltext

Sexing the Body: How Biologists Construct Human Sexuality
Anne Fausto-Sterling
Fulltext

Crossing Economics
Deirdre McCloskey
Fulltext

The Transgendered Philosopher
Michael ‘Miqqi Alicia’ Gilbert
Fulltext


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IJT Volume 4
Number 1, January - March 2000

Reflections on "Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment" 1969-1999:
Presidential Address, August 1999
Richard Green, M.D., J.D., President, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association
Fulltext

Special: Abstracts of the
XVI Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium
Reflections on "Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment" 1969-1999


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IJT Volume 3
Number 4, October - December 1999

European Court of Human Rights:
Case of Sheffield and Horsham v. the United Kingdom
Fulltext


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IJT Volume 3
Number 3, July - September 1999

Factors Which Influence Individual’s Decisions When Considering Female-To-Male Genital Reconstructive Surgery
Katherine Rachlin
Abstract, Fulltext

Hormonal Sex Reassignment
Louis J. G. Gooren
Abstract, Fulltext


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IJT Volume 3
Number 1+2, January - June 1999

Special issue on
Transgender and HIV: Risks, Prevention, and Care

Preface
Walter Bockting & Sheila Kirk, Guest Editors
Fulltext

Dedication to Lou Sullivan
Fulltext

Sex, Drugs, and the Culture of Travestismo in Rio de Janeiro
James A. Inciardi, Hilary L. Surratt, Paulo R. Telles & Binh H. Pok.
Fulltext

Transgender Health and Social Service Needs in the Context of HIV Risk
Nina Kammerer, Theresa Mason & Margaret Connors
Fulltext

HIV Risk Behaviors of Male-to-Female Transgenders in a Community-based Harm Reduction Program
Cathy J. Reback & Emilia L. Lombardi
Fulltext

HIV Prevention and Health Service Needs of the Transgender Community in San Francisco
Kristen Clements, Kerrily Kitano, Willy Wilkinson, & Rani Marx.
Fulltext

HIV/AIDS and Female-to-Male Transsexuals and Transvestites: Results from a Needs Assessment in Québec
Viviane K. Namaste
Fulltext

Education and Soul-searching: The Enterprise HIV Prevention Group
Douglas Hein & Michael Kirk
Fulltext

Transgender HIV Prevention: Community Involvement and Empowerment
Walter O. Bockting, Simon Rosser & Eli Coleman
Fulltext

Sex, Truth, and Videotape: HIV Prevention at the Gender Identity Project in New York City
Barbare E. Warren
Fulltext

Sex Reassignment Surgery in HIV Positive Transsexuals
A. Neal Wilson
Fulltext

Guidelines for Selecting HIV Positive Patients for Genital Reconstructive Surgery
Sheila Kirk.
Fulltext


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IJT Volume 2
Number 4, October - December 1998

Legal Implications of the New Ferment Concerning Transsexualism
Louis H. Swartz
Abstract, Fulltext

German Standards for the Treatment and Diagnostic Assessment of Transsexuals
S. Becker, H. Bosinski, U. Clement, W. Eicher, T. Goerlich, U. Hartmann, G. Kockott, D. Langer, W. Preuss, G. Schmidt, A. Springer, R. Wille
Abstract, Fulltext

Italian Standards of Care for Sex Reassignment in Gender Identity Disorder (DSM IV 302.85)
Editor: Anna Rita Ravenna
Abstract, Fulltext

Transsexuals´Children
R. Green
Abstract, Fulltext


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IJT Volume 2
Number 3, July - September 1998

Gender Role Reversal among Postoperative Transsexuals
A.J. Kuiper and P.T. Cohen-Kettenis
Abstract, Fulltext.

An Experimental Study of Body Image and Perception in Gender Identity Disorders
Marone P., Iacoella S., Cecchini M.G., Ravenna A.R..,
V. Ruggieri
Abstract, Fulltext

"The Third International Congress on Sex and Gender.
An Inter-disciplinary Conference."
Exeter College, Oxford University,
18th-20th September 1998
Abstract, Fulltext


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IJT Volume 2
Number 2, April - June 1998

Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association's
The Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders
St. B. Levine,G. Brown, E. Coleman, P. Cohen-Kettenis, J.J. Hage, J. Van Maasdam, M. Petersen, F. Pfaefflin, L. C. Schaefer
Abstract, Fulltext

Transgenderism and Dissociative Identity Disorder - A Case Study
B. R. Saks
Abstract, Fulltext

Yugoslavia: The Legal Issue of Transsexualism
M. Draskic
Abstract, Fulltext

The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Gender Identity Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Guidance for Management
Abstract, Fulltext

Methodological Problems in Assessing
Sex-Reassignment Surgery: A Reply to Meyer and Reter
M. Fleming, C. Steinman, G. Bocknek
Originally published as: Fleming M, Steinman C, Bocknek G (1980), Methodological Problems in Assessing. Sex-Reassignment Surgery: A Reply to Meyer and Reter. Arch. Sex. Behav. 9: 451-456.
Abstract, Fulltext


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IJT Volume 2
Number 1, January - March 1998

Empirical Data on Epidemiology and Application of the German Transsexuals' Act During Its First Ten Years
C. Weitze, S. Osburg
Abstact, Fulltext

Genital Reassignment on Two Male Transvestites
F. Abraham
Originally published as: Abraham F (1931), Genitalumwandlungen an zwei männlichen Transvestiten. Zeitschrift für Sexualwissenschaft und Sexualpolitik, 18: 223-226
Abstract, Fulltext

Psychological and Social Function Before and After Phalloplasty
J. Barrett
Abstract, Fulltext


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IJT Volume 1
Number 2, October - December 1997

Special: Abstracts of the XV Harry Benjamin Intenational Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium
The State of Our Art and the State of Our Science

Updated Look at Legal Responses to Transsexualism: Especially Three Marriage Cases in U.K., U.S. and New Zealand
L. Swartz
Abstract, Fulltext

Sex Reassignment, Harry Benjamin, and some European Roots
F. Pfaefflin
Abstract, Fulltext


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IJT Volume 1
Number 1, July - September 1997

Blending Genders: Contributions to the Emerging Field of Transgender Studies.
R. Ekins, D. King,
Abstract, Fulltext

Gender Identification and Sexual Orientation Among Genetic Females with Gender -Blended Self-Perception in Childhood and Adolescence.
A. E. Eyler, K. Wright
Abstract, Fulltext

Self and Gender: Narcissistic Pathology and Personality Factors in Gender Dysphoric Patients. Preliminary Results of a Prospective Study.
U. Hartmann, H. Becker, C. Rueffer-Hesse
Abstract, Fulltext

The Medicalization of Gender Migration.
S. Hirschauer
Abstract, Fulltext

Legal Aspects of Transsexualism in Brazilian Law - A Privat Law Approach -
C. Lima Marques, E. Ramos da Silva
Abstract, Fulltext

A Sex Difference in the Human Brain and its Relation to Transsexuality.
J.-N. Zhou, M.A. Hofman, L.J.G. Gooren and D.F. Swaab
Reprinted with permission by the authors from NATURE, 378: 68-70 (1995)
Abstract, Fulltext
Book Collection
Electronic Books
Free Access
Benjamin
The Transsexual Phenomenon
1966, 278 pages

Pfaefflin/Junge
Sex Reassignment
1998, 370 pages

Wålinder
Transsexualism
1967, 150 pages