The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey

In a letter to the presidents of the National Academy of Science and the National Institute of Medicine, Dr. I refused to join this bandwagon ofīailey, Blanchard and Lawrence, to which I would also add Zucker and Bradley of the Clarke Institute.' Support to a dead 'Freudian' mixture of onanism, narcissism and paraphilic transvestite fetishism. using all of my case study (under the pseudonym of 'Cher') to support hisĬhapters on 'autogynephiliacs.' Unfortunate because here was an opportunity to break away from, rather then give further She has been quoted as writing, 'It is most unfortunate that he used me and myĬase history as the 'poster child for autogynephilia '.

Bailey's definitions turn all other opinions into 'self-deception,' which strains credulity, opponents said.Įven Anjelica Kieltyka, portrayed as 'Cher,' a major character in Bailey's chapters on autogynephilia, has disavowed Bailey andīlanchard's all-inclusive categorizations. Homosexual and autogynephile do not capture these individuals' experience and ignore their self-description and understanding, Many educated, intelligent, and successful transsexuals disagree that 'two sizes fit all.' The categories of The National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC) supports this action and calls for independent research into other potential They have expressed concern over the treatment transsexuals could expect if the Blanchard-Bailey position were taught as fact.Ĭonway, Roughgarden and Burns have called on the National Academy of Science to investigate Bailey's work and to remove theīook from under the imprimatur of the national Academies. Transsexual prostitutes and others who frequent gay bars in Chicago, including Circuit bar. Becky Allison, MD and Christine Burns, Vice President of Britain's Pressįor Change organization, decry the simplistic Blanchard theory posited as truth by Bailey based largely on his observations of Roughgarden Stanford University Biology Department, Dr. Such well known and respected transsexual women as Professor Lynn Conway, University of Michigan Professor Joan

That is long on intuition and devoid of original research data.' Members of the medical and scientific world as well as transgender activists have decried as 'worse than junk science a publication Man Who Would be Queen (Joseph Henry Press, imprint for the National Academies).

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The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey