Transgender Good News - Patricia Conover - Paperback

Transgender Good News begins with a review of physiological, psychological and sociological research. The physiological chapter addresses genetics; development; evolution; and male and female comparative anatomy including hormones, brain anatomy and intersexuality. The psychological chapter addresses clinical and non-clinical studies, comparative analysis of cognitive and emotional traits, and issues of androgyny. The sociological chapter addresses survey research, social construction theory and qualitative research, deviance theory and research, and issues in the choice of sexual partners. Following the scientific chapters is a chapter of brief stories and the photographs of Mariette Pathy Allen that demonstrate the broad diversity of transgender people. The 6th chapter offers the author's contribution to scientific theory concerning transgender experience and expression. The 7th chapter critiques the medical model understanding of transgender experience and expression and the psychiatric diagnosis of "Gender Identity Disorder." The 8th chapter considers issues facing transgender people, including sexual relations, parenting, identity and other legal questions, employment, marriage, political action, and cultural oppression. The final chapter offers the first thorough consideration of Christian theology concerning transgender experience and expression, including natural theology, biblical theology, doctrinal theology, liberation theology, and dialectic theology.Conover, Patricia is the author of 'Transgender Good News - Patricia Conover - Paperback' with ISBN 9780971825635 and ISBN 0971825637.