The phallus palace : female to male transsexuals
The Phallus Palace is a bold approach to the subject of female to male transsexuals (FTMs). Personal testaments from FTMs and contributions from a host of others place the subject of transsexualism into a historical, medical, psychological and cultural context. Captivating photographs guide the reader from the FTMs female personae, through surgical operations, to portraits of the men whose self and public identities are finally revealed as one
Print Book, English, ©2002
Alyson Publications, Los Angeles, Calif., ©2002
xxiii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9781555836542, 1555836542
49773792
Preface / Cherie Hiser, BA, CADC
Introduction / Dean Kotula
Perspectives and Viewpoints I
"FTM 101: Dispelling Myths About the Invisible and the Impossible," / Katherine Rachlin, Ph.D
"Seeking Manhood: An Introductory Guide to Assessment of the Female-to-Male Adolescent," / Diane Ellaborn, LICSW
A Conversation With Milton Diamond, Ph.D
The Men (Post-Transition Photographs by Dean Kotula)
Perspectives and Viewpoints II
"The Transsexual Book of the Dead: Osiris and the Trance Man," / Rachel Pollack
"We Were There: Female-to-Male Transsexuals in the Civil War," / Ken Morris
"Alan Hart," / Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan
The Surgeries
Introduction / Dean Kotula
Interview With Toby R. Meltzer, MD
Liposuctioning Breast Tissue
Bilateral Mastectomy
Metoidioplasty
Radial Forearm Phalloplasty
Interview With James J. Reardon, MD
Gender Memories
"Perceptions and Plights," / Dean Kotula
"Metamorphosis of a Sibling: When History Changes," / Sharon E. Kotula. Perspectives and Viewpoints III
"The Female-to-Male Transsexual Transition as a Creative Act," / Jeff Brody, MPS, ATR
A Parent's Perspective / E.C
Self-portrait drawing and a poem written at age 10 / L.C
Postscript / Emily Yoffe