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Theories of Transsexualism

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Although transsexualism is recognized as ‘un mal ancien’, which has historical, mythological, cultural and anthropological roots, it was not until 1980 that it was formally recognized by the American Psychiatric Association as a serious emotional disorder [1]. In fact, the term, ‘transsexual,’ only appeared in the literature in 1949 [9] and it was not until 1966 that it was accorded clinical status by Benjamin [4] whose pioneering work, The Transsexual Phenomenon, provided the first textbook on transsexualism. In this sense, one must regard the clinical disorder of transsexualism as a recent phenomenon.

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Lothstein, L.M. (1987). Theories of Transsexualism. In: Shelp, E.E. (eds) Sexuality and Medicine. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3725-3_4

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