CONTENTS
1 Cover
4 1 Before Trans Introduction Sexology: Krafft-Ebing Sexology: Hirschfeld Sexology: Ellis A Transsexual Incubator Sexology in America Trans Moments Hidden in Plain Sight Language of the Streets Sex Reassignment Before Sex Reassignment Conclusion Notes
5 2 The Transsexual Moment Introduction Transsexuality Early Days At a Popular Level Treatment Lou Sullivan Transvestism Female Impersonation Conclusion Notes
6 3 Blurring the Boundaries Introduction Self-narratives Categories From Gay to Trans Flaming Creatures Blurring Boundaries Conclusion Notes
7 4 Backlash Introduction Early Critiques Attitude to Patients Surgery Therapy Behaviour Therapy Definition/Diagnosis Assessment Conclusion Notes
8 5 The Transgender Turn Introduction The Turn Diversity Drag Kings Drag Queens Decolonizing Transgender Surgery Again Complexities Children Conclusion Notes
10 Index
List of Illustrations
1 IntroductionFigure 1 A transmasculine doctor in front of his computer. Photograph by Zackary Drucker,…Figure 2 Original Plumbing, Issue 20, featuring Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos. Photograph b…
2 Chapter 1Figure 3 Transvestiten vor dem Eingang des Instituts für Sexualwissenschaft [Transvestite…Figure 4 A cross-dressed owner of a male brothel, 1930s/1940s, a friend of Thomas Painter…
3 Chapter 2Figure 5 Publicity for Glen or Glenda? (1953: dir. Ed Wood). Wikimedia Commons.Figure 6 A group of transsexuals, trans women, in the 1950s, part of the Harry Benjamin a…Figure 7 A pair of transsexuals, trans women, in the 1960s, part of the Harry Benjamin ar…Figure 8 Attributed to Andrea Susan, ‘Susanna at Casa Susanna’, 1964–9. Copyright: © Art …Figure 9 Attributed to Andrea Susan, ‘Photo Shoot’, 1964–9. Copyright: © Art Gallery of O…Figure 10 Group portrait of four cross-dressers, including Michael ‘Bronze Adonis’ Phelan …Figure 11 Female impersonators, Dew Drop Inn, New Orleans, 1954. Ralston Crawford Collecti…Figure 12 Skip Arnold at the Jewel Box, 1959. Robert Heishman Collection, Dr Kenneth J. La…
4 Chapter 3Figure 13 Jackie Curtis and Holly Woodlawn at The New York Cultural Center, 1974. Photogra…Figure 14 Mario Montez in Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey’s Chelsea Girls, 1966. Photo by S…Figure 15 Fayette Hauser, ‘The Cockettes in a Field of Lavender, Marshall Olds, Bobby Came…Figure 16 Nan Goldin, ‘David at Grove Street, Boston 1972’. Harvard Art Museums / Fogg Mus…Figure 17 Amos Badertscher, Steven, 1973. Badertscher Collection. By permission of Amos Ba…Figure 18 Amos Badertscher, Sandy, 1976. Badertscher Collection. By