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Research Study: Relationships Between Transsexual Parents and Their Children

Amanda Veldorale-Brogan of Florida State University is conducting research on this topic. If you are living full-time in the gender role opposite that of your birth sex and your child was between ages 4 and 18 at the time of your transition, you are encouraged to complete the Adaptation to Parental Gender Transition, Parent Survey.
There is a parallel questionnaire for children of transsexual parents, with the same eligibility criteria: Adaptation to Parental Gender Transition, Child Survey.

Recent Articles and Research

Do Some Men Who Desire Sex Reassignment Have a Mental Disorder? Comment on Meyer-Bahlburg (2010)
In this commentary in Archives of Sexual Behavior, I conclude that autogynephilic men who desire sex reassignment do have a mental disorder and that the DSM-5 should include an appropriate diagnosis.

Proposed Revisions to Gender Identity Disorder Diagnoses in the DSM-5
My critique of the revisions proposed by the DSM-5 GID Subworkgroup, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior in December 2010.

Resurrected Writings About Autogynephilia
These excerpts from my early web essays have not appeared in any of my published articles.

Shame and Narcissistic Rage in Autogynephilic Transsexualism
My commentary article for Archives of Sexual Behavior, in PDF format.

Becoming What We Love: Autogynephilic Transsexualism Conceptualized as an Expression of Romantic Love
My article for Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, in PDF format.


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