Autogynephilia
Autogynephilia – “a male’s propensity to be sexually aroused by the thought of himself as a female”. (Ray Blanchard, 1989)
Work by me
As Transgender People, We Need to Be Honest with Ourselves and Our Therapists
If born-in-the-wrong-body ideology is unnecessary as well as unprovable, it can never offer a solution and it needs to be jettisoned – painful that may be for those trying to cling on to the notion that they are really the opposite sex.
I May Have Gender Dysphoria. But I Still Prefer to Base My Life on Biology, Not Fantasy
We [transwomen] should not need to pretend that we are women (to ourselves or anyone else) in order to find relief from gender dysphoria.
My autogynephilia story
AGP drove my own transsexualism. But in a debate where the condition is simultaneously denied and monstered, it is unsurprisingly also misunderstood.
We need to talk about sex, not gender identity
Trying to identify out of our sex has not resolved the problem; let’s try and look for answers within our sex, based on reason, not ideology.
Work by others
The concept of autogynephilia and the typology of male gender dysphoria, by Ray Blanchard, J Nerv Ment Dis, 1989
The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey, 2003. [Joseph Henry Press]
Becoming what we love: autogynephilic transsexualism conceptualized
as an expression of romantic love, by Anne A Lawrence, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 2007
Autogynephilia: an underappreciated paraphilia, by Anne A Lawrence, Adv Psychosom Med, 2011
Autogynephilia and the Typology of
Male-to-Female Transsexualism:
Concepts and Controversies, by Anne A Lawrence, European Psychologist, 2017
Debbie Hayton
Physics teacher and trade unionist, originally from the north of England.
As a trans person I have written extensively about what it means to be trans, and how trans people can be accommodated in society without compromising the rights of other vulnerable groups.
Bylines in The Spectator, Unherd, The Times, Daily Mail, Morning Star, Economist, Quillette and elsewhere.
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