Non-Fiction, Medical, Health, Trans, Social Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, North American 

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A wide range of subjects which are relevant to transsexualism is covered. Various words and terms used in connection with the subject are explained, gender and sexuality are discussed, and various relationships transsexuals have throughout their lives (including family, spouses, and children) are explored, as well as how their conditions affect those relationships. The years transsexuals spent in school and how transsexuals' conditions affect careers are dealt with; childhood and the feelings transsexuals experience are explored, as well as how the condition affects persons as they become adults. Many of the problems transsexuals have to cope with are examined, and the medical, surgical, and psychiatric care of transsexuals are all looked at. What happens to transsexuals after they have surgery is probed and the subject of androgyny as it may relate to transsexualism is explored. Finally the possible causes of transsexualism and how transsexuals and their loved ones can possibly find some common ground to understand each other are dealt with. Throughout the book the attitudes and feelings transsexuals have, are discussed, as well as how they are viewed by society and why. The study is based on two years of research involving carefully structured, in-depth personal interviews with seventy-five transsexuals, consultations with members of the medical and mental health communities, and conversations with loved ones of transsexuals.