The hubbub about Caster Semenya has been percolating at the back of my mind, and today I was reminded again about it because of an email from the National Sexuality Resource Center. Caster's the South African runner who's shown a great deal of promise and won the 800m at the World Championships. Her biological sex has been questioned on the basis ( Read more... )

Professionals Concerned with Gender Diagnoses in the DSM

The current diagnostic categories of Gender Identity Disorder (GID) and Transvestic Fetishism (TF) have long raised concern within the transgender community. Those who are distressed by their physical sex characteristics or ascribed social gender roles often need access to medically necessary ( Read more... )