Dear Doctor Benjamin: Letters from Transsexual Youth (19631976) Export

@article{citeulike:4087416, abstract = {Due to his high public profile, Harry Benjamin was often the first contact for those who identified as transsexual in the 1960s and 1970s, until his retirement in 1976. Among the over 800 letters from transsexuals written to Benjamin, 21 were from youth seeking his medical assistance. These letters, written from 1963–1976, provide a rare window into the lives and subjectivities of transsexual youth before the modern transgender movement took shape. Often taking the form of short autobiographies, these pioneers wrote about the meaning of their genders and sexualities, sometimes in great detail. Narrative analyses of these letters focused on narrative explanations for their transsexual desire; how Benjamin, his colleagues, and transsexual correspondents co-constructed transsexual narratives; and the rejection of these youth by their families and peers.}, author = {Hill, Darryl B.}, citeulike-article-id = {4087416}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15532730802297348}, doi = {10.1080/15532730802297348}, journal = {International Journal of Transgenderism}, keywords = {aware, benjamin, cry, doctor, for, help, letters, mainstream, narrative, narratives}, number = {3}, pages = {149--170}, posted-at = {2009-02-23 16:48:47}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Dear Doctor Benjamin: Letters from Transsexual Youth (1963–1976)}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15532730802297348}, volume = {10}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4087416 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4087416 N2 - Due to his high public profile, Harry Benjamin was often the first contact for those who identified as transsexual in the 1960s and 1970s, until his retirement in 1976. Among the over 800 letters from transsexuals written to Benjamin, 21 were from youth seeking his medical assistance. These letters, written from 1963–1976, provide a rare window into the lives and subjectivities of transsexual youth before the modern transgender movement took shape. Often taking the form of short autobiographies, these pioneers wrote about the meaning of their genders and sexualities, sometimes in great detail. Narrative analyses of these letters focused on narrative explanations for their transsexual desire; how Benjamin, his colleagues, and transsexual correspondents co-constructed transsexual narratives; and the rejection of these youth by their families and peers. IS - 3 JF - International Journal of Transgenderism EP - 170 TI - Dear Doctor Benjamin: Letters from Transsexual Youth (1963–1976) PB - Routledge VL - 10 SP - 149 KW - aware KW - benjamin KW - cry KW - doctor KW - for KW - help KW - letters KW - mainstream KW - narrative KW - narratives AU - Hill, Darryl PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15532730802297348 ER -