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Transsexuals – Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ
David Batty
Guardian
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Facial Feminization Surgery FFS Male-to-Female

Facial Feminisation Surgery outcome carried out in the United Kingdom Results with Mr Keith Altman.
TransgenderZone.com (Eds).
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Facial Feminization Surgery Informaton (FFS)
Jeffrey H. Spiegel, MD
Chief of Facial Plastic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center
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Facial Feminization Surgery Procedures (FFS)
Feminization of the Transsexual
Douglas K. Ousterhout, M.D., D.D.S.
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Facial Feminization Surgery Procedures (FFS)
Procedures
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Families

Supporting the Families of Adults
Advice for families on how to explain their gender incongruity.

FAQ for Families

Transgender Family Resources List
Kids of Trans
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FTM

Female-to-Male Transsexuals
Female-to-male transsexuals – Daddy Boys
Transgender Zone
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Female-to-male transsexuals and their partners.
Steiner BW, Bernstein SM.
Can J Psychiatry 1981 Apr; 26(3): 178-82.
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Female-to-male transsexualism and sex roles.
Fleming MZ, MacGowan BR, Salt P.
Arch Sex Behav 1984 Feb; 13(1): 51-7.
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Androgen receptor expression in the cervix of androgen-treated female-to-male transsexuals.
van der Kwast TH, et al.
Int J Gynecol Pathol 1994 Apr; 13(2): 133-8.
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Ovarian cancer in female-to-male transsexuals.
Hage, JJ., et al.
Gynecol Oncol. 2000 Mar; 76(3): 413-5.
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Sexual orientation of female-to-male transsexuals.
Chivers ML., Bailey JM.
Arch Sex Behav. 2000 Jun; 29(3): 259-78.
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Female-to-male transsexual with 47, XXX karyotype.
Turan et al.
Biol Psychiatry. 2000 Dec 1; 48(11): 1116-7.
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Fertility

Effects of ethinyl estradiol on semen quality and various hormonal parameters in a eugonadal male.
Lubbert H, Leo-Rossberg I, Hammerstein J.
Hospital for Women, Department of Gynaecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Free University of Berlin, Germany.
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Funding
NHS funding processes and aiting times for adult service-users.
NHS, Department of Health.
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Gay Licence – Definition – Gay License
Def – Dictionary
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Gender Dysphoria
Understanding Gender Dysphoria
George Stewart
Mind
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Gender Dysphoria – information for practitioners.
Good practice guidelines for the assessment and treatment of adults
with gender dysphoria October 2013.
Royal College of Psychiatrists.
United Kingdom.
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Gender Dysphoria
Interim NHS England Gender Dysphoria Protocol and Service
Guideline 2013/14.
NHS England, DOH.
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Gender Identity Disorder
Crossdresser Crossdressing transvestite Transsexualism – Symptoms
Summery
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Gender Identity Disorders
The Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, Seventh Edition 2000
Kaplan, Sadock
Gender Identity Disorders
Richard Green, M.D., J.D. and Ray Blanchard, Ph.D.
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Follow-up for females with gender identity disorders.
McCauley E, Ehrhardt AA.
Arch Sex Behav 1984 Dec; 13(6): 581-94.
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Self-image and personality traits in gender identity disorders.
Bodlund O, Armelius K.
J Sex Marital Ther 1994 Winter; 20(4): 303-17.
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The concept of gender identity disorder in childhood and adolescence after 39 years.
J. Money
J Sex Marital Ther 1994 Fall; 20(3): 163-77.
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Physical attractiveness of girls with gender identity disorder.
Fridell SR, Zucker KJ, Bradley SJ, Maing DM.
Arch Sex Behav 1996 Feb; 25(1): 17-31.
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Gender identity disorder: a review of the past 10 years.
Bradley, et al.
J Am Acad Child Adolsec Psychiatry 1997 Jul; 36(7): 872-80.
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Sex differences in referral rates of children with gender identity disorder.
Zucker KJ., Bradley SJ., Sanikhani M.
J Abnorm Child Psychol 1997 Jun; 25(3): 217-27.
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Birth order in girls with gender identity disorder.
Zucker KJ, et al.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1998 Mar; 7(1): 30-5.
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Effects of physical appearance on masculine trait ratings.
McDermid SA, Zucker KJ, Bradley SJ, Maing DM.
Arch Sex Behav 1998 Jun; 27(3): 253-67.
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The gender identity disorder in the DSM-IV classification.
Bower H.
J Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2001 Feb; 35(1): 1-8.
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Gender identity disorders as a symptom of psychosis.
Campo JM., et al.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2001 Sep 29; 145(39): 1876-80.
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Gender Recognition Act
Gender Recognition Certificates – GRC – See Law – United Kingdom

Genital Reconstructive Surgery

Factors which influence Individuals’ Decisions when considering Female-to-Male Genital Reconstructive Surgery.
Rachlin K.
IJT July-September 1999, 3,3.
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Factors predictive of regret in sex reassignment.
Landen M, Walinder J, Hambert G, Lundstrom B.
Acta Psychiatr Scand 1998 Apr; 97(4): 284-9.
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Urethroplasty Following Total Phallic Reconstruction.
Laurence A. Levin, Lev Elterman.
J Urol 1998 August; 160(2): 378-382.
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Urethral Substitution Using an Intestinal Free Flap: A Novel Approach.
Gregory T. Bales, et al.
J Urol 2002 July; 168(1): 182-184.
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GnRH analogues – Puberty Blockers
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Grayson Perry
Transgender Zone
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Guidance

Guidance and Guidelines for GPs, other clinicians and health professionals on the care of gender variant people.
NHS, Department of Health
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Provision of goods, facilities and services to trans people Guidance for public authorities:
meeting your equality duties and human rights obligations
Equality and Human Rights Commission
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Trans
A practical Guide for the NHS
NHS, Department of Health
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Phalloplasty

Obtaining rigidity in the neophallus of female-to-male transsexuals.
Hage JJ. et al.
Ann Plast Surg 1993 Apr; 30(4): 327-33.
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The role of colpocleisis with urethral lengthening in transsexual phalloplasty.
Chesson RR. et al.
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996 Dec; 175(6): 1443-9.
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Dynaflex prosthesis in total phalloplasty.
Hage JJ.
Plast Reconstr Surg 1997 Feb; 99(2): 479-85.
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Glans sculpting in phalloplasty.
Fang RH, Kao YS, Ma S, Lin JT.
Br J Plast Surg 1998 Jul; 51(5): 376-9.
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Free-flap distal arteriovenous fistula.
Hage JJ, Monstrey S.
J Reconstr Microsurg 1998 Aug; 14(6): 407-10.
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Our standard method of reconstruction of the penis and urethra in female to male transsexuals.
Vesely et al.
Acta Chir Plast 1999; 41(2): 39-42.
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Surgical conversion of genitalia in transsexual patients.
Jarolim L.
BJU International 2000; 85 (7): 851.
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Complete phalloplasty using the free radial forearm flap for correcting micropenis.
De Fontaine S., et al.
J Urol 2001 Aug; 166(2): 597-9.
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Usefulness of free sensate osteofasciocutaneous forearm and fibula flaps for neophallus construction.
Papadopulos NA, Schaff J, Biemer E.
J Reconstr Microsurg 2001 Aug; 17(6): 407-12.
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Role of total laparoscopic hysterectomy in genital reconstruction in transsexuals.
Bartos P, Struppl D, Popelka P.
Ceska Gynekol 2001 May; 66(3): 193-5.
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Evaluation of surgical flaps used for creation of an artificial penis in female-male type transsexuals.
Zielinski T.
Pol Merkuriusz Lek 2001 Jan; 10(55): 27-30.
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Germany

Sex ratio of transsexuals in Germany.
van Kesteren PJ, Asscheman H, Megens JA, Gooren LJ.
Acta Psychiatr Scand 2000 Dec; 102(6): 445-8.
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Gooren, Louis J.G.
Expert Witness Statement.
Louis J.G. Gooren.
This expert witness affidavit has been provided to the High Court in the Case of Elizabeth Bellinger (see page 39, Appendix 4 of “Recognising the Identity and Rights of Transsexual and Transgender People in the United Kingdom”, Press For Change 1999).
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Transsexualism, medicine and law.
Gooren LJ.
Closing Speech at The Council of Europe: 23rd Colloquy on European Law: April 14-16, 1993.
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Transsexualism: a review of etiology, diagnosis and treatment.
Cohen-Kettenis PT., Gooren LJ.
J Psychosom Res 1999 Apr; 46(4): 315-33.
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Hormonal Sex Reassignment.
Louis J.G. Gooren.
IJT July-September 1999, 3,3.
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Hysterectomy Queries of Professor L. Gooren.
Stephen Whittle.
Boys’ Own, 1999; Dec: No 30.
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Green, Richard
Richard Green – Some Recent Papers
Hand Preference, Sexual Preference, and Transsexualism
Reflections on “Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment” 1969-1999
Green. R
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Transsexuals’ Children
Green. R
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Family cooccurrence of “gender dysphoria”.
Green R.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1997 Feb; 36(2): 263-71.
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Guidelines

Therapy

Guidelines in seeking a Gender Therapist.
Arlene Ishtar Lev, 1998
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Guidelines for Therapists working with transgender clients.
Arlene Ishtar Lev, 1998
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Juveniles

Gender identity disorders in children and adolescents: Guidance for management.
Domenico Di Ceglie, et al.
Executive Committee of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London: 1996.
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Hormone Therapy

Protocols for Hormonal Reassignment of Gender.
Chenit Flaherty, RN., et al.
The Tom Waddell Center, The Tom Waddell Center Transgender Team, Aug, 2001.
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Informed Consent for Testosterone Therapy for Female-to-Male Transition.
Dimensions at the Castro-Mission Health Center in San Francisco, 2000.
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Treatment Guidelines for FTM Transition.
Dimensions at the Castro-Mission Health Center in San Francisco, 2000.
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Policy – diversity and identity
Sexual Diversity and Gender Identity.
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Gender Reassignment Surgery.
NHS, UK, 2003.
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