Young people with transsexualism

"People with transsexualism usually recognise their true selves from a very young age. They may try to explain their feelings but seldom are they heeded. People sometimes grow angry or dismiss the feelings as a phase which will pass. But transsexualism is for life and those with the condition cannot alter their conviction. People who experience transsexualism deserve acceptance and support ..." — Betty, 2003

Questions

I'm 13 years old ....

How can I avoid being stuck as a 'female' at uni after school finishes?

Useful Papers/Submissions

2007 Gender Identity Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: A Critical Inquiry

2004 Ethics and the proposed treatment for a 13-year-old with atypical gender identity, Medical Journal of Australia 2004

2004 Re Alex: Adolescent Gender Identity Disorder and the Family Court of Australia, Deakin Law Review, 22

2004 When being a boy is everything: Understanding Re Alex

2004 Ethics and the proposed treatment for a 13-year-old with atypical gender identity

2004 Consent to treatment for transgender and intersex children

2002 Children and adolescents with transsexual parents referred to a specialist gender identity development service: a brief report of key developmental features

2001 Adolescents with gender identity disorder who were accepted or rejected for sex reassignment surgery: a prospective follow-up study

2000 Early physical intervention for young people with atypical gender identity development

1997 Sex reassignment of adolescent transsexuals: a follow-up study

Resources

Sex affirmation treatment for children living with transsexualism

Information section

Neuro-biological sex differentiation theory (brain-sex)

Terms and definitions

True Colours Diversity (Australian)

Articles for and about gender variant youngsters (UK)

Caring for Gender Variant youngsters (UK)

Articles

2009 Gender Identity Disorder in Childhood: Inconclusive Advice to Parents

Why don't you tell them I'm a boy?

Six-Year-Old with gender issues

A conversation with Prof Milton Diamond

How a Judge Rescued Alex The Herald Sun (Sydney) 2004

Judge hits outdated gender laws Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 2004

Puberty blockers recommended for transsexual teens, NewScientist, Linda Geddes,10 December 2008

Useful Books

Peggy T Cohen-Kettenis (Author) and Friedemann Pfäfflin (Author) Transgenderism and intersexuality in childhood and adolescence: making choices. Sage Publications, 2003.

Mildred L. Brown (Author), Chloe Ann Rounsley (Author) True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism--For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals, Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Jamison Green (Author) Becoming a Visible Man. Vanderbilt University Press, 2004.

Researchers and professionals in this field

Eithne Mills (Australia) Senior Lecturer and Chair of Family Law Studies, School of Law, Deakin University, Victoria. PhD in the jurisprudence of transsexualism and other intersex conditions.

Karen Gurney (Australia) Chemist, biologist and legal advocate for people with transsexualism.
www.w-o-m-a-n.net

Prof Milton Diamond (Hawaii) Professor of anatomy and reproductive biology at the University of Hawaii. Director of the John A. Burns School of Medicine's Pacific Center for Sex and Society, and is known for his research on the origins and development of sexual identity.
www.hawaii.edu/PCSS

Peggy Cohen-Kettenis (The Netherlands) Professor of gender development and psychopathology at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht. In 1987, she started the first outpatient clinic in Europe for children and adolescents with gender problems and intersex conditions. In 2002, she became Professor of Medical Psychology at the Free University Medical Center in Amsterdam. There, she heads a gender clinic for children, adolescents, and adults. www.netzwerk-dsd.uk-sh.de

Rachael Wallbank (Australia) Successful lawyer and legal advocate for men, women and especially children with transsexualism. www.wallbanks.com

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