The transsexual brain – A review of findings on the neural basis of transsexualism

Smith, Elke; Junger, Jessica; Derntl, Birgit; Habel, Ute

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.09.008

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“…5 There is, however, no evidence that postnatal social environment plays a crucial role in gender identity (or sexual orientation). In fact, there is compelling evidence of higher levels of testosterone and differences in grey and white matter and in physiological function in the brains of trans women (Table 2).…”

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Mike to Michaela: male‐to‐female genital reconstruction

Rashid¹

2018

Trends Urol & Men's Health

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Section: Nature or Nurture?mentioning

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Mike to Michaela: male‐to‐female genital reconstruction

Rashid¹

2018

Trends Urol & Men's Health

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“…The clear-cut, undisputed conclusion is that we are still groping in the dark in our understanding of the causes, evolution, and clinical profiling of TS. Data accrued since the 1990s (Smith et al 2015) nonconclusively suggest that (1) the brains of TS subjects do not seem to be entirely feminized or masculinized and (2) following cross-sex hormonal treatment, the brain's structure and function seems to adjust toward characteristics or performance of subjects sharing the desired sex in several brain areas or ability domains. If this is so, then HEAVEN could certainly and even more strongly than gender reassignment therapies-exert a rewiring of the brain in the preferred direction.…”

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HEAVEN in the Making: Between the Rock (the Academe) and a Hard Case (a Head Transplant)

Ren

Canavero

2017

AJOB Neuroscience

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A sound ethical debate in biomedicine calls for (1) equipoise and (2) knowledge. The debate surrounding HEAVEN, the head transplant initiative, has been based on the exact opposite. Here we show that (1) HEAVEN is technically feasible and (2) HEAVEN can help patients with no other course of curative treatment available. At the same time we highlight the true contentious points: (1) life extension, (2) gender reassignment, and (3) cosmetic body swap. Simultaneously, we show how the academic debate on head transplants has been hampered by the failure of "peer review."

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“…Osoby transseksualne, podobnie jak cispłciowe, mogą identyfikować się jako geje, lesbijki, osoby biseksualne bądź niesprecyzowane pod względem orientacji seksualnej (Dynarski & Kłonkowska, 2012;Savin-Williams, 1990. Niektóre badania ukazują jednak, że w populacji osób transseksualnych jest więcej osób identyfikujących się jako geje bądź lesbijki niż wśród osób cispłciowych (Smith, Junger, Derntl, & Habel, 2015). Należy jednak brać pod uwagę złożoność tożsamości nieheteroseksualnej, m.in.…”

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Narracja tożsamościowa kobiety transseksualnej – studium przypadku

Kowalska¹

2017

PBE

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This article presents an analysis of the narrative identity of a transsexual woman aged 40. The theoretical framework of the study was the definition of the narrative identity by Elisabeth Dryll, the definition of transsexuality and sexual identity, the affirmative theory of the sexual identity of women from Susan McCarn and Ruth Fassinger, and the definition of gender and socio-cultural and their criticism by Judith Butler. Empirical data was obtained through free interviews. Transcripts of the interview were subjected to qualitative narrative analysis. The results show the processual construction of transsexual narrative as well as sexual identity. The narrative dominated the transsexual narrative. The analysis allowed identification of all phases of development, such as the phase of consciousness, exploration, involvement and synthesis (integration) within McCarn and Fassinger. The stages of the development of psychosexual identity have been distinguished, taking into account both their individual dimension (given importance in terms of events, their posture, needs, emotions) and social (discovery of social processes related to the course of biography). The analysis showed that the respondent has a sense of acceptance of sexual identity and gender identity and attains cohesion with private and social life. She has not decided to make gender adjustments at the hormonal, surgical and legal levels. She sought to live in harmony with the preferred sex and to be treated as a person of the sex in a specific area of her own and in accordance with her needs.

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The transsexual brain – A review of findings on the neural basis of transsexualism

Cited by 146 publications

References 150 publications

Mike to Michaela: male‐to‐female genital reconstruction

Mike to Michaela: male‐to‐female genital reconstruction

HEAVEN in the Making: Between the Rock (the Academe) and a Hard Case (a Head Transplant)

Narracja tożsamościowa kobiety transseksualnej – studium przypadku

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