Lesbian/Feminist Orientation Among Male-to-Female Transsexuals

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ID3659682
AutoresDeborah Heller Feinbloom (Gender Studies), Michael Fleming (0000-0001-8410-3119), Valerie Kijewski, Margo P Schulter
Ano1976
Volume2
Fascículo1
Páginas59-72
Data de publicação1976-11-16
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j082v02n01_06
PMID1018110
OpenAlexW1977238180
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11

Autobiographical case studies of two male-to-female transsexuals reveal a pattern of strong female identity couples with lesbian sexual-affectional preference and feminist value orientation. For both informants there is evidence of social concern and activism from an early age, which led them to perceive their gender dilemmas in a political as well as personal way. This case material challenge the notion that transsexuals are necessarily "sexualy Uncle Toms" and demonstrated that male-to-female transsexuals (like genetic women) can achieve an affirmative lesbian identity; it suggests more generally that the development of sexual identity is an ongoing, lifelong process

Developmental psychology · Gender identity · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Lesbian · Political science · Politics · Preference · Sexual identity · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Transgender · Transsexual · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology