TRANScend GENDER

Having reviewed “Transvestite Wives” earlier, I felt it was only fair to give a similar treatment to “My Secret Female Body”, another in the ‘Reveals’ series that premiered on BBC America on June 22, 2008.
This documentary focused on a twenty two year old transman, Danny. From the BBC America web site:
Born as Katie, Danny has [...]

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The intrepid reader may recall that in my last post here, I was talking about the resurgence of my sex drive to some extent.  Well I may have found out why this is happening, although I find it hard to believe myself.
Tuesday, the 20th, I had an appointment with my Endocronologist at the Milwaukee V.A. [...]

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My long-suffering significant other and I went to see Iron Man a couple of weeks ago. This, in itself, is not out of the ordinary: we’re movie people, so we see a lot of them. About halfway through the movie, though, I suffered a bit of a blow to my basic epistemology.
The set-up: I try [...]

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With all the talk lately about the people selected to revise the TG section of the DSM-4, I thought I throw my thoughts into the mix also.
Part of the controversial theory proposed by Dr. Ray Blanchard is dividing the trans community by sexual orientation (”homosexual transsexuals” vs. “autogynephilic”). Just the basic concept of dividing [...]

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