The riddle of gender : science, activism, and transgender rights /
Rudacille, Deborah,
The riddle of gender : science, activism, and transgender rights / Deborah Rudacille. - First edition. - xxiv, 355 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index.
The hands of God : conversation with Ben Barres, M.D., Ph.D. -- Through science to justice : conversation with Susan Stryker, Ph.D -- The bombshell : conversation with Aleshia Brevard -- Men and women, boys and girls : conversation with Chelsea Goodwin and Rusty Mae Moore, Ph.D -- Liberating the rainbow : conversation with Tom Kennard -- Childhood, interrupted : conversation with Dana Beyer, M.D. -- Fear of a pink planet : conversation with Joanna Clark.
"When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to try to understand the reasons for her friend's decision to inject testosterone and undergo a mastectomy in order to live as a man. Coming at the subject from several angles - historical, sociological, psychological, medical - Rudacille discovered that gender variance is anything but new; that changing one's gender has been met with both acceptance and hostility through the years; and that gender identity, like sexual orientation, appears to be inborn, not learned, though in some people the sex of the body does not match the sex of the brain." "Informed not only by meticulous research but also by the author's interviews with prominent members of the transgender community, The Riddle of Gender is a sympathetic and wise look at a sexual revolution that calls into question many of our most deeply held assumptions about what it means to be a man, a woman, and a human being."--BOOK JACKET.
0375421629 9780375421624
2004055297
Transsexualism--United States
Transsexuals--United States--Interviews
HQ77.95.U6 / R83 2005
306.768
The riddle of gender : science, activism, and transgender rights / Deborah Rudacille. - First edition. - xxiv, 355 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index.
The hands of God : conversation with Ben Barres, M.D., Ph.D. -- Through science to justice : conversation with Susan Stryker, Ph.D -- The bombshell : conversation with Aleshia Brevard -- Men and women, boys and girls : conversation with Chelsea Goodwin and Rusty Mae Moore, Ph.D -- Liberating the rainbow : conversation with Tom Kennard -- Childhood, interrupted : conversation with Dana Beyer, M.D. -- Fear of a pink planet : conversation with Joanna Clark.
"When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to try to understand the reasons for her friend's decision to inject testosterone and undergo a mastectomy in order to live as a man. Coming at the subject from several angles - historical, sociological, psychological, medical - Rudacille discovered that gender variance is anything but new; that changing one's gender has been met with both acceptance and hostility through the years; and that gender identity, like sexual orientation, appears to be inborn, not learned, though in some people the sex of the body does not match the sex of the brain." "Informed not only by meticulous research but also by the author's interviews with prominent members of the transgender community, The Riddle of Gender is a sympathetic and wise look at a sexual revolution that calls into question many of our most deeply held assumptions about what it means to be a man, a woman, and a human being."--BOOK JACKET.
0375421629 9780375421624
2004055297
Transsexualism--United States
Transsexuals--United States--Interviews
HQ77.95.U6 / R83 2005
306.768