Third International Congress on Sex and Gender (1998): index by title to abstracts


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"Always a man": gender discourses as identity formations in Dutch cross-dressing and Boston transgender populations [schedule] Adrianne Dana, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. U.S.A
A new concept for phalloplasty with free osteocutaneous fibula flap [schedule] Dr Jurgen Schaff, Kreisklinik Dachau - Indersdorf GmbH, Germany, with Hans Bucher MD, Stefan Gras MD and Stefan Kerscher MD.
A reflective account of the research process: what it was really like [schedule] Rosemary Grimshaw, Research Nurse, GIC, St James, Leeds
A retrospective two to four year post-operative result in male to female transsexual surgery [schedule] Mr Michael Royle, Miss Sarah Muirhead Allwood
A sometime woman: the limits of social construction [schedule] Miqqui A. Gilbert, Dept of Philosophy, York University, Canada
A visual model for transgenderism as a process of self-discovery [schedule] Drs. Arie van der Ven, Gender Identity Support Services for Transgenders, Beacon Hill Multicultural Psychological Association, Boston MA
A world without gender [schedule] Christie Elan-Cane
Aspects of conformity: reassembling the building blocks of gender identity, sexual orientation, the physical body and selfhood [schedule] Sue Bell, Ph.D, FTM Network
Beyond the binary: fuzzy gender and the radical centre [schedule] Dr. Ashley Tauchert
Bodily gender: the interelations of ’sex’ and ’gender’ in the psychiatric discourse on transsexuality [schedule] Anne Kroon, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University
Circling the margins of identity: controversies in the Sydney transgender community [schedule] Lee Anderson Brown, Doctoral Student, Dept of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Civil rights for transsexuals: a legal overview [schedule] Michelle Wilson, Solicitor
Corbett v Corbett: is it still good law? [schedule] Yatoni Cole-Wilson, Barrister, Lincoln’s Inn
Cultural and medical discourses on transgenderism as resources in community discourses [schedule] Jan Wickman, M.Pol.Sc, Åbo Akademi University, Department of Sociology
Developing effective HIV/AIDS programs for transgender / transsexuals working as sex workers. [schedule] Khartini Dinan Slamah, Director, IKHLAS, PINK TRIANGLE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Doubly deviant: gender/ed deviance and the transgendered offender [schedule] Claire Cahill, Dept of Criminology, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dysfonctionnement medicause et juridques autour de la question transsexuelle en France [schedule] Tom Reucher, Association du Syndrome de Benjamin
Ethical questions relating to the postponement of puberty in adolescents with gender dysphoria [schedule] Catherine Downs, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
Factors which influence consumers’ decision regarding female-to-male genital reconstructive surgery [schedule] Katherine Rachlin, Ph.D
Fifteen years of nationwide psycho-social self-help for transsexuals, transgenders and their family in the Netherlands: a historical survey of the working groep [schedule] Mrs Petra C. Klene, Policy Officer ’Transsexualism’ and Social Worker. Humanitas Working GroupTranssexualism - Gender Dysphoria
Fracturing the masks: voices from the shards of language [schedule] Lee Anderson Brown, Doctoral Student, Dept of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Gender and the city: exploring the relationship between gender reassignment and the urban landscape [schedule] Garuth Chalfont, MA,
Gender as (native) language of self-expression and communication [schedule] Sam Dylan More
Gender paradoxes [schedule] Dr Michael Haslam, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPsych
Genderlove and genderfreedom: towards an emancipatory politics of trans/gender [schedule] Surya Monro, Doctoral Student, Dept of Sociological Studies, The University of Sheffield.
Get your hands out of my genes: trans people and the perils of scientific research [schedule] Claire McNab, Press For Change,
Has psychology something to say about transsexuality? [schedule] Dr Francois Sironi
How can we study transsexual identity? [schedule] Katherine Johnson, Doctoral Student, Social and Applied Psychology Group, Middlesex University
Illegible bodies: the life and death of Brandon Teena [schedule] Judith Halbestram
Integrative concept of sexual identification disorders genesis [schedule] Dr Borys Vornyk, Kiev Sexology Research Center
International Foundation for Androgynous Studies Inc. [schedule] Kai Chris Somers xxy MACE, BEd (Melbourne), Hons. Dip. Creative Photography (UK), Member of IFJ, AJA, ASA, Postgraduate research student at: The University of Western Australia, Dr Felicity Haynes, Western Australia, Tarquam McKenna, M Ed, MA, MArtTh (ECU), Doctoral Candidate University Western Australia.
Interpretations of difference [schedule] Prof. Gerda Siann, University of Dundee
Invisibility versus visibility: the road to transgender empowerment [schedule] Elizabeth Riley, co-ordinator of The Gender Centre, New South Wales
Legal implications of the new ferment concerning transsexualism [schedule] Louis H Swartz, Ph.D, LL.M, R.N. Associate Professor of Law, School of Law, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Letters on cross dressing [schedule] Peter B Farrer
Lou Sullivan [schedule] Dr Susan Stryker
Male groups in The Netherlands: specific assistance to woman-man transsexuals and homo groups [schedule] Mr Simon Huges, Social worker, Humanitas Working GroupTranssexualism - Gender Dysphoria
Networking for the future of possibly transgendered individuals [schedule] Esben Benestad, MD, Family Therapist
North American transgender activism 1966-1998 [schedule] Dr Susan Stryker
Phalloplasty in female to male transsexuals: the radial forearm revisited [schedule] Stan J Monstrey, Department of Plastic Surgery and Urology, University Hospital, Gent with P.Hoebecke, K. Van Landuyt, P.Blondeel. P.Tonnard. G.Matton.
Post-operative functioning in a group of adolescent transsexuals [schedule] Dr Peggy Cohen Kettenis, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Pros and cons of transsexuality legislation in The Netherlands [schedule] Mrs. Hennie Visscher, LL.M, Lawyer, . Humanitas Working GroupTranssexualism - Gender Dysphoria
Radclyffe hall’s ’The well of loneliness’ as an early example of transsexual autobiographical writing [schedule] Dr Barbara Schaff
Refinement of the inverted penile skin vaginoplasty in male to female transsexuals [schedule] Stan J Monstrey, Department of Plastic Surgery and Urology, University Hospital, Gent with P.Hoebecke, K. Van Landuyt, P.Blondeel. P.Tonnard. G.Matton.
Scotland’s transsexuals - towards a national gender dysphoria service? [schedule] Dr. Susan V Carr
Tales of the unexpected: exploring transgender diversity through personal narrative [schedule] Dr Richard Ekins, Transgender Archive, University of Ulster, Dr Dave King, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work Studies, University of Liverpool
The Forbes-Sempill case [schedule] Dr Angus Campbell
The ambiguous politics of petticoating [schedule] Stella Gonzalez-Arnal, Dept of Philosophy, University of Hull
The application of Ericksonian therapy to sex and gender dysphoria and realignment treatment [schedule] Tracie O’Keefe, BA, N-Shap, Adv Dip Thp., MCRAH
The art and nature of gender [schedule] Jamison Green, President FTM International.
The gender identity disorder in the DSMIV classification - a critical evaluation [schedule] Herbert Bower, MD, DPM, FRC Psych. GIC, Monash University.
The law’s failure to recognize intersexuals and the transgendered: a view through the lens of therapeutic jurisprudence [schedule] Julia Greenberg, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego
The prevalence of gender dysphoria and transsexuality in Scotland: how many cases are known to general practitioners? [schedule] Dr. Philip Wilson, Dept of General Practice, University of Glasgow, and Clare Sharp and Jackie Gregan(Scottish Needs Assessment Programme), Dr Susan Carr (Glasgow Centre for Family Planning and Sexual Health)
The psychopathology of patients treated for transsexualism [schedule] Ira Haraldsen, Alv Dahl, University of Oslo, Psychiatry Dept
The scramble for cultural property and the collision of communities [schedule] Lindsay Turner, Womens’ Studies, Lancaster University
The transgender response to HIV / AIDS in Sydney [schedule] Norrie May-Welby, Information and Support Worker, The Gender Centre
The transgenderist and the family - a bridge of understanding for the new millenium [schedule] Valmai Mewett, Psychologist, Co-ordinator of the Sexual Assault and Sexual Abuse Service, Torquay
Trans-relations: parts, passions and safer sex [schedule] Trey Maurer, CFLE, Sexuality Consultant and Trainer, Maureen Kelly, Director of Education and Training, Planned Parenthood of Tompkins County
Transgender roles in modern theatre [schedule] David Freedman
Transsexual’s children: divorce and the implacable spouse [schedule] Prof. Richard Green, GIC, Charing Cross Hospital
Transsexualism in the new NHS [schedule] Dr Zoe-Jane Playdon
Transsexuality, autobiography, photography: in the field of the referent [schedule] Jay Prosser, Leicester University
Transsexuals: police cultures and equal opportunities [schedule] Catherine Little, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
True stories: Orlando, life writing and transgender narratives [schedule] Melanie Taylor, York University
Two way traffic: critical reflections on researching FTM’s negotiations of maleness, masculinity and manhood [schedule] Tracey Lee, University of Warwick
Until you can strip without shame: transsexuality and spirituality [schedule] Jed Chandler, FTM Network
Well being - a different approach to the ongoing treatment of transsexual and transgendered people [schedule] Alex Lawrence and Nat Moneypenny, FTM Network
Where do we go from here? the future of transsexual rights [schedule] Ashley Bayston, Barrister
Who would you like to be in two years? [schedule] Drs. Arie van der Ven, Gender Identity Support Services for Transgenders, Beacon Hill Multicultural Psychological Association, Boston MA
Workshop and address: ’unseen genders’ [schedule] Kai Chris Somers xxy MACE, BEd (Melbourne), Hons. Dip. Creative Photography (UK), Member of IFJ, AJA, ASA. Postgraduate research student at: The University of Western Australia., Delphine MacFarlane, Doctoral Candidate University Western Australia, Tarquam McKenna, M Ed, MA, M ArtTh (ECU), Doctoral Candidate University Western Australia.
Workshop: effective political activism, defining and identifying targets for effective lobbying [schedule] Claire McNab, Press For Change, Christine Burns, M.Sc, Press For Change;
Workshop: effective use of the internet as a campaigning tool [schedule] Christine Burns, M.Sc, Press For Change; Claire McNab, Press For Change
Workshop: effective use of the media; proactive and reactive [schedule] Christine Burns, M.Sc, Press For Change; Mjka Ann Scott , Press For Change
Workshop: eradicated remaining gender and sex dysphoria post transition through time line treatment [schedule] Tracie O’Keefe, BA, N-Shap, Adv Dip Thp., MCRAH
Workshop: ultra sex [schedule] Norrie May-Welby, Information and Support Worker, The Gender Centre
www.genderfuck.me: cultivating transsexuality with the internet as a technology of the self [schedule] Jaime R. Balboa, Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley