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THE TRANS-SEXUAL SYNDROME IN HOMOSEXUAL MALES
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1974
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HomosexualityGynecologyQueer TheorySexual Deviation QuestionnaireSocial SciencesPsychologyGender IdentityGender StudiesTransgender StudyGender Affirming SurgerySexual AttractionSexual And Reproductive HealthGender Identity ClinicGross Sexual DeviationsAlternative SexualitySexual BehaviorTrans StudiesSexual IdentityGender TransitionMedicineSexual OrientationHuman SexualityPsychopathology
The first 52 homosexual trans-sexual males who applied at a gender identity clinic for sex reassignment surgery were administered a sexual deviation questionnaire. In some cases a psychophysiological method, the phallometric test of sexual object preference, was also applied. There was no indication in the results that the gross sexual deviations of narcissism or masochism, or aversion to their own penis played a major part in the syndrome. The trans-sexual males preferred physically mature male partners, i.e., they were androphilic, they preferred these partners to be heterosexual, and they indicated an earlier onset of exclusively homosexual interest and less heterosexual experience than nontrans-sexual androphilic males.