Autogynephilia is a dirty word
• Gender Outsiders: Transgendered & Others
The Ambiguously Gendered section of my personal weblog is a testimony of my feelings about transgendered gay men*. The moment I heard of J. Michael Bailey, author of The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism I figured he was just a naοve straight man with an academic degree and a rotten scientist.
Deirdre McCloskey's article in Reason reveals him as an ally of the conservative Clarke Institute promoters of the evil, silly notion that heterosexual transsexuals suffer from a disorder they label "autogynephilia."
Gays are faggots, right? And former men like me who have changed gender, well...they're just extreme faggots, or sex-mad nut cases. Northwestern University psychologist J. Michael Bailey, whose new book has created quite a stir, believes both of these ideas. ...
His main evidence for the femininity of gay men (aside from that study of how queers say the two s sounds in science) is a Scientific study of personal ads in some gay newspapers. ...
The sample [of seven] was collected by what looks like a violation of federal law. Northwestern's Office for Human Research is investigating. No one was offered a human subjects form to sign, no one was told she was under study, and no one was told her story would appear in a book. The subjects were enticed by the offer of a document crucial for their gender change. ...
Queer Science A data-bending psychologist confirms what he already knew about gays and transsexuals
Earlier: Prof. Bailey's junk science book and The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism.
* Actually all transgendered persons have my special respect and warmest wishes. One slice of them is simply of stronger interest to me personally.