The Riddle of Gender - Deborah Rudacille [190]
People were really mean to him at school Jeremiah Hall, The Advocate, November 22, 2002.
I had no fiends Author interview with Alyn Liebeman, Philadelphia, Pa., March 21, 2003.
Because isolation and ostracism are key components of transgender youth experience Israel and Tarver, Transgender Care, 133.
skipped over hope, joy, love and anything else positive Scholinski, The Last Time, 93.
wore Toughskinjeans with double-thick knees Ibid., 46.
Linda opened her purse Ibid., 104.
They got to be afraid of me Ibid., 107.
Genderqueer kids present an ideal profile for sexual predators Riki Anne Wilchins, Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender (Ithaca, N.Y.: Firebrand Books, 1997), 130.
The second time I was over, the man kept his hand on my shoulder Scholinski, The Last Time, 132—33.
loo percent… had been physically abused or beaten as children Wilchins, Read My Lips, 24.
such abuse “appears not as an anomaly” Ibid., 305.
I was being physically abused at home all the time Author interview with Brad.
I’d walk up to him close enough so that his angry face was all I could see Scholinski, The Last Time, 2.
I didn’t mind being called a delinquent Ibid., 16.
She held up cards with a picture of a policeman Ibid., 30. 208 Daphne presents a tomboyish appearance Ibid., 56.
Drug addiction offered itself to me like a blanket of forgiveness Ibid., 86.
I sneaked a glance, and it was a jolt Ibid., 119.
Donna wanted me to walk skittery, like a bird Ibid., 124.
I still wonder why I wasn’t treated for my depression Ibid., 197.
The limited evidence suggests that individuals are given DSM diagnoses Kutchins and Kirk, Making Us Cravj, 260.
the designation of Gender Identity Disorders as mental disorders is not a license for stigmativation Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Standards of Care, http://www.hbigda.org/soc.html.
DSM is a red herring Author interview with Beyer.
There’s all this empirical data, exceptional data, data that doesn’t fit their [psychiatric] theory Author interview with Christine Johnson, Philadelphia, Pa., May 13, 2002.
High rates of polycystic ovary syndrome Hartmut A. G. Bosinski, Michael Peter, Gabriele Bonatz, Reinhard Arndt, Hären Heidenreich, Wolfgang G. Sippell, and Reinhard Wille, “A Higher Rate of Hyperandrogenic Disorders in Female-to-Male Transsexuals,” Psychoneuroendocrinology 22, no. 5 (1997): 361-80; A. H. Baien, M. E. Schachter, D. Montgomery, R. W. Reid, and H. S. Jacobs, “Polycystic Ovaries Are a Common Finding in Untreated Female-to-Male Transsexuals,” Clinical Endocrinology 38, no. 3 (1993): 325-29.
Researchers currently view PCOS as a developmental disorder D. H. Abbott, D. A. Dumesic, and S. Franks, “Developmental Origin of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Hypothesis,” Journal ofEndocrinology 174 (2002): 15.
Just because something is in the DSM doesn’t make it a real disease Author interview with Paul McHugh, Baltimore, Md., June 17, 2002.
I think that it… should not be in the DSM Author interview with Ben Barres, Palo Alto, Calif, August 2001.
To the extent that it is in the DSM, I don’t think that it should be applied Author interview with Anonymous, New York City, July 22, 2001.
If you talk to post-op transpeople, most are what you would call conservative on this question Author interview with Chelsea Goodwin, New York City, July 2001.
My fear is that it [the GID diagnosis] will get thrown out of the DSM Author interview with Wheeler.
To OUT knowledge this is the first transgender marriage case in the U.S. inwhich extensive medical evidence Shannon Minter, press release by National Center for Lesbian Rights and Equality Florida, February 21, 2003. A Florida appeals court ruled the Kantaras marriage null and void in July 2004, sending the custody case back to family court. Further appeals are expected.
Basically, we know squat about our community Author interview with Julie Maverick, Baltimore, Md., May 1, 2002.
Transgendered people commonly receive substandard… medical treatment NTAC request for funding, unpublished personal communication,