A couple of months ago, before the New York Times made it fashionable, i wrote about J. Michael Bailey and his claims about autogynephilia. Now, as Marti points out, Bailey has written on ScientificBlogging about the criticism he’s undergone since his book about transsexualism came out four years ago.
In this blog post he summarizes [...]
Last week i wrote a long post in response to the online posting of an essay by Dr. Paul McHugh of Johns Hopkins. Then yesterday i encountered again the idea of ‘autogynephilia’ among transsexual women, this time in the context of J. Michael Bailey’s work.
Yes, THAT J. Michael Bailey. A number of people far [...]
This diatribe by Paul McHugh, at one time Psychiatrist-in-Chief of Johns Hopkins University, against transsexualism is not news. But since encountering the text of it online last week, i have been pondering how to respond. I think the best response i can give is a line-by-line answer.
When the practice of sex-change surgery first [...]