Sexuality

INTRO - RESOURCES - LINKS

I N T R O D U C T I O N

 


I receive many inquiries concerning the biological nature of human sexuality. The questions usually address homosexuality, intersexuality, or transgender feelings. I suggest the following books and web sites as starting points for learning more about these topics. My three short articles on the topic are a good place to start, but I also provide a list of books for further reading.

R E S O U R C E S

 

ARTICLES (available in PDF format)

Fausto-Sterling, Anne (2000) & M. Blackless, A. Charuvastra, A. Derryck, K. Lauzanne, E. Lee, "How Sexually Dimorphic Are We? Review and Synthesis" American Journal of Human Biology 12: 151-166

Fausto-Sterling, Anne (2000) "The Five Sexes, Revisited" The Sciences (July/August) pp. 18-23.

Fausto-Sterling, Anne (1993) "The Five Sexes". The Sciences (March/April) pp. 20-25.

ARTICLES (available online)

Dreger, Alice D. 2002. "Intersex" FatherMag.com, July 23.

Migeon, Claude 2002. "46,XY Intersex Individuals: Phenotypic and Etiologic Classification, Knowledge of Condition, and Satisfaction with Knowledge in Adulthood". Pediatrics 110 (3):e32.

Williams, Nina 2002. "The Imposition of Gender: Psychoanalytic Encounters with Genital Atypicality". Psychoanalytic Psychology 19 (3):455-74.

BOOKS

Bloom, A. (2002) Normal, Random House.

Byne, William Scientific American: The Biological Evidence Challenged, ebook.

Chase, C. (2002) Affronting Reason. GenderQueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary. J. Nestle, C. Howell and R. Wilchins. Los Angeles, Alyson Books.

Colapinto. John (2000) As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl. HarperCollins.

Devor, Holly (1997) FTM : female-to-male transsexuals in society.  Indiana University Press

Dreger, Alice (1998) Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex. Harvard University Press.

Dreger, Alice, ed. (1999) Intersex in the Age of Ethics. University Publishing Group.

Fausto-Sterling, Anne (2000) Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality. Basic Books.

Feinberg, Leslie (1996) Transgender warriors : making history from Joan of Arc to RuPaul.  Beacon Press

Feinberg, Leslie (1998) Trans liberation : beyond pink or blue. Beacon Press

Goodman, A.; Heath, D.; Lindee, M.S. eds (2003) Genetic Nature/Culture : Anthropology and Science beyond the Two-Culture Divide. University of California Press.

Hausman, Bernice (1995) Changing sex : transsexualism, technology, and the idea of gender. Duke University Press.

Herdt, Gilbert ed. (1994) Third Sex, Third Gender. Zone Books.

Kessler, Suzanne (1998) Lessons from the Intersexed, Rutgers University Press.

Morris, G. (2003) Is it a boy or a girl? Portland.

Preves, Sharon (2003) Intersex and Identity: The Contested Self, Rutgers University Press.

Stein, Edward (1999) The mismeasure of desire: the science, theory and ethics of sexual orientation . Oxford University Press.

Sytsma, Sharon, ed. (2006) Ethics and Intersex. Springer.

Williams, S.; L. Birke, G. Bendelow, eds. (2003) Debating Biology, Routledge.

L I N K S

 

The Intersex Society of  North America. This is a rich resource of bibliographies, personal stories and links to other web sites which concern sexuality.

The Archive for Sexology. This site has wonderful historical and contemporary resourse concerning the academic study of human sexuality.

The International Journal of Transgenderism carries academic articles on transgender theory and practice.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a national organization for those who support their gay friends and families. They are a good starting point for the friends and family of someone who has just come out as a gay or lesbian.

The Advocate is a biweekly magazine for gays and lesbians. Although it is heavy on Hollywood star gazing, it is also a source for national and international news about gay and lesbian life and politics.



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