FTM: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in Society – Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Have Female-to-Male Transsexuals Always Existed? 3
2 Theories about Transsexualism 37
3 Finding Out about Gender: Theories of Childhood Gender Acquisition 71
4 Family Scenes 89
5 Who Would Want to Be a Girl?: The Women (and Girls) in Participants’ Families 93
6 Men Rule: The Men (and Boys) in Participants’ Families 124
7 Lessons Learned at Home: Summary of Family Relationships 158
8 Childhood Friends and Foes: Relationships with Non-Family Members 161
9 Adolescence Is about Change 179
10 Crises at Puberty 190
11 Adolescent Friendships 203
12 Women Are Different: Relationships with Female Relatives 215
13 Access Denied, Restrictions Apply: Relationships with Male Relatives 238
14 Looking for Love, Groping for Identity: Adolescent Sexuality 260
15 Concluding Adolescence 303
16 Finding Identities 311
17 A Long Road 349
18 Making the Decision 353
19 Making the Changes 383
20 Coming Out Stories 421
21 Are We There Yet? 447
22 Nature’s Calls: Toilet Traumas and Medical Necessities 467
23 The Naked Truth about Sexuality 475
24 Visions of Genders 513
25 Lessons from the Journey 554
26 Conclusions and Questions 585
Appendix 611
Notes 627
Bibliography 669
Subject Index 685
Participant Index 693

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