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No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy

- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).  Austrian physician, founder of psychoanalysis.

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Health

Professionals

Health professionals' factual knowledge and changing attitudes toward transsexuals.
Franzini LR, Casinelli DL.
Soc Sci Med 1986; 22(5): 535-9.
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Medical requirements and consequences of sex reassignment surgery.
Hage JJ.
Med Sci Law 1995 Jan; 35(1): 17-24.
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Care

Community Care and Residential  - see Community Care

Access Denied: A report on the experiences of Transsexuals and Transgenderists with Health Care and Social Services in Ontario.
Ki Namaste, Ph.D., July 1995.
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Hermaphrodites

Androgens and the evolution of male-gender identity among male pseudohermaphrodites.
J Imperato-McGinley, RE Peterson, T Gautier, and E Sturla.
N Engl J Med 1979; 300: 1233–1237.
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Hermaphrodite , Hermaphrodites
Pseudo-hermaphroditism; Hermaphrodite; Intersexual
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History Timeline

Timeline of Historical Transgender Events and Mental Health Care
Transgender Zone
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Homeless

Harassment due to sexual orientation or gender identity
Shelter
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Homeless transgender people - Caring for transgender people in hostels
Lisa Mottet and John M. Ohle
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Hormonal Sex Reassignment

See our -  Full HRT DataBase

A guide to hormone therapy for trans people Trans wellbeing
NHS, Department of Health.
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Physical and hormonal evaluation of transsexual patients during hormonal therapy.
Meyer WJ. et al.
Arch Sex Behav 1981 Aug; 10(4): 347-56.
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Physical and hormonal evaluation of transsexual patients.
Meyer WJ. et al.
Arch Sex Behav 1986 Apr; 15(2): 121-38.
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Hormones Video
A televised video discussion with Clinical Endocrinologist Professor Ashley Grossman
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The Effect of One-Year Cross-Sex Hormonal Treatment on Bone Metabolism and Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-l in Transsexuals.
P. van Kesteren,. et al.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1996; 81: 2227-2232.
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Mortality and morbidity in transsexual subjects treated with cross-sex hormones.
van Kesteren PJ., et al.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1997 Sep; 47(3): 337-42.
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Hormonal Sex Reassignment.
Louis J.G. Gooren.
IJT July-September 1999, 3,3.
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A follow-up study for estimating the effectiveness of a cross-gender hormone substitution therapy on transsexual patients.
Schlatterer K., et al.
Arch Sex Behav 1998 Oct;27(5):475-92.
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Protocols for Hormonal Reassignment of Gender.
Chenit Flaherty, RN., et al.
The Tom Waddell Center, The Tom Waddell Center Transgender Team, Aug, 2001.
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Pubmed Papers

Hormonal Effects

Moore E, Wisniewski A, Dobs A.     Endocrine treatment of transsexual people: a review of treatment regimens, outcomes, and adverse effects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Aug;88(8):3467-73.   Elbers JM, Giltay EJ, Teerlink T, Scheffer PG, Asscheman H, Seidell JC, Gooren LJ.     Effects of sex steroids on components of the insulin resistance syndrome in transsexual subjects. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2003 May;58(5):562-71.   Van den Broecke R, Liu J, Van der Elst J, Dhont M.     Timing of FSH-stimulation and follicular development in cryopreserved human ovarian grafts. Reprod Biomed Online. 2002 Jan-Feb;4(1):21-6.   Campo JM, Nijman H, Evers C, Merckelbach HL, Decker I.     [Gender identity disorders as a symptom of psychosis, schizophrenia in particular] Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2001 Sep 29;145(39):1876-80. Dutch.   Pavon de Paz I, Monereo Megias S, Alameda Hernando C.     [Treatment of sex reassignment in transsexual patients] Med Clin (Barc). 2000 Dec 9;115(20):783-8. Review. Spanish. No abstract available.   Van Den Broecke R, Van Der Elst J, Liu J, Hovatta O, Dhont M.     The female-to-male transsexual patient: a source of human ovarian cortical tissue for experimental use. Hum Reprod. 2001 Jan;16(1):145-147.   Giltay EJ, Gooren LJ, Emeis JJ, Kooistra T, Stehouwer CD.     Oral, but not transdermal, administration of estrogens lowers tissue-type plasminogen activator levels in humans without affecting endothelial synthesis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2000 May;20(5):1396-403.   Cohen-Kettenis PT, Dillen CM, Gooren LJ.     [Treatment of young transsexuals in the Netherlands] Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2000 Apr 8;144(15):698-702. Review. Dutch.   Hage JJ, Dekker JJ, Karim RB, Verheijen RH, Bloemena E.     Ovarian cancer in female-to-male transsexuals: report of two cases. Gynecol Oncol. 2000 Mar;76(3):413-5.   Becerra Fernandez A, de Luis Roman DA, Piedrola Maroto G.     [Morbidity in transsexual patients with cross-gender hormone self-treatment] Med Clin (Barc). 1999 Oct 23;113(13):484-7. Spanish.   New G, Duffy SJ, Harper RW, Meredith IT.     Estrogen improves acetylcholine-induced but not metabolic vasodilation in biological males. Am J Physiol. 1999 Dec;277(6 Pt 2):H2341-7.   Goh VH.     Breast tissues in transsexual women--a nonprostatic source of androgen up-regulated production of prostate-specific antigen. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1999 Sep;84(9):3313-5.   Schlatterer K, Bronisch T, Stalla GK.     [Transsexuality--a multidisciplinary problem. Which therapeutic methods proved to be successful?] MMW Fortschr Med. 1999 Jun 10;141(23):32-6. German.   Hierl T, Borcsok I, Ziegler R, Kasperk C.     [Osteo-anabolic estrogen therapy in a transsexual man] Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1999 Apr 30;124(17):519-22. Review. German.   Cohen-Kettenis PT, van Goozen SH.     Pubertal delay as an aid in diagnosis and treatment of a transsexual adolescent. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1998 Dec;7(4):246-8.   Schlatterer K, Yassouridis A, von Werder K, Poland D, Kemper J, Stalla GK.     A follow-up study for estimating the effectiveness of a cross-gender hormone substitution therapy on transsexual patients. Arch Sex Behav. 1998 Oct;27(5):475-92. Review.   Schlatterer K, Auer DP, Yassouridis A, von Werder K, Stalla GK.     Transsexualism and osteoporosis. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 1998;106(4):365-8.   McFadden D, Pasanen EG, Callaway NL.     Changes in otoacoustic emissions in a transsexual male during treatment with estrogen. J Acoust Soc Am. 1998 Sep;104(3 Pt 1):1555-8.   Futterweit W.     Endocrine therapy of transsexualism and potential complications of long-term treatment. Arch Sex Behav. 1998 Apr;27(2):209-26. Review.   Docter RF, Prince V.     Transvestism: a survey of 1032 cross-dressers. Arch Sex Behav. 1997 Dec;26(6):589-605.   van Kesteren PJ, Asscheman H, Megens JA, Gooren LJ.     Mortality and morbidity in transsexual subjects treated with cross-sex hormones. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1997 Sep;47(3):337-42.   Cohen-Kettenis PT, van Goozen SH.     Sex reassignment of adolescent transsexuals: a follow-up study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1997 Feb;36(2):263-71.   Buvat J, Lemaire A, Ratajczyk J.     [Role of hormones in sexual dysfunctions, homosexuality, transsexualism and deviant sexual behavior: diagnostic and therapeutic consequences] Contracept Fertil Sex. 1996 Nov;24(11):834-46. Review. French.   Schlatterer K, von Werder K, Stalla GK.     Multistep treatment concept of transsexual patients. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 1996;104(6):413-9. Review.   Gunasegaram R, Loganath A, Peh KL, Ratnam SS.     Aromatization of [4-14C]testosterone to [14C]estradiol-17 beta by testicular tissue from male-to-female transsexuals on estrogen therapy. Arch Androl. 1995 Sep-Oct;35(2):127-33.   Sigusch V.     [Transsexual wish and and cis-sexual defense] Psyche (Stuttg). 1995 Sep-Oct;49(9-10):811-37. Review. German.   Burgess HE, Shousha S.     An immunohistochemical study of the long-term effects of androgen administration on female-to-male transsexual breast: a comparison with normal female breast and male breast showing gynaecomastia. J Pathol. 1993 May;170(1):37-43.   Polderman KH, Stehouwer CD, van Kamp GJ, Dekker GA, Verheugt FW, Gooren LJ.     Influence of sex hormones on plasma endothelin levels. Ann Intern Med. 1993 Mar 15;118(6):429-32.   Lubbert H, Leo-Rossberg I, Hammerstein J.     Effects of ethinyl estradiol on semen quality and various hormonal parameters in a eugonadal male. Fertil Steril. 1992 Sep;58(3):603-8.   Pache TD, Hop WC, de Jong FH, Leerentveld RA, van Geldorp H, Van de Kamp TM, Gooren LJ, Fauser BC.     17 beta-Oestradiol, androstenedione and inhibin levels in fluid from individual follicles of normal and polycystic ovaries, and in ovaries from androgen treated female to male transsexuals. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 1992 Jun;36(6):565-71.   Valenta LJ, Elias AN, Domurat ES.     Hormone pattern in pharmacologically feminized male transsexuals in the California State prison system. J Natl Med Assoc. 1992 Mar;84(3):241-50.   Goh HH, Ratnam SS.     Effect of estrogens on prolactin secretion in transsexual subjects. Arch Sex Behav. 1990 Oct;19(5):507-16.   Goh HH, Ratnam SS.     Effects of estrogens, clomiphene and castration in a male transsexual with as compared to those without hypersecretion of gonadotropins. Gynecol Endocrinol. 1990 Jun;4(2):127-41.   Godano A, Massara D, Grassi G, Genovese MG, Cavallotti GP, Bocchini R.     [Male transsexualism and hormonal therapy: radiologic pictures of the breast] Arch Ital Urol Nefrol Androl. 1990 Mar;62(1):107-11. Italian.   Asscheman H, Gooren LJ, Eklund PL.     Mortality and morbidity in transsexual patients with cross-gender hormone treatment. Metabolism. 1989 Sep;38(9):869-73.   Damewood MD, Bellantoni JJ, Bachorik PS, Kimball AW Jr, Rock JA.     Exogenous estrogen effect on lipid/lipoprotein cholesterol in transsexual males. J Endocrinol Invest. 1989 Jul-Aug;12(7):449-54.   Prior JC, Vigna YM, Watson D.     Spironolactone with physiological female steroids for presurgical therapy of male-to-female transsexualism. Arch Sex Behav. 1989 Feb;18(1):49-57.   Spinder T, Spijkstra JJ, Gooren LJ, Burger CW.     Pulsatile luteinizing hormone release and ovarian steroid levels in female-to-male transsexuals compared to heterosexual women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 1989;14(1-2):97-102.   Gilbert DA, Winslow BH, Gilbert DM, Jordan GH, Horton CE.     Transsexual surgery in the genetic female. Clin Plast Surg. 1988 Jul;15(3):471-87. Review.   Pritchard TJ, Pankowsky DA, Crowe JP, Abdul-Karim FW.     Breast cancer in a male-to-female transsexual. A case report. JAMA. 1988 Apr 15;259(15):2278-80.   Gooren LJ, Assies J, Asscheman H, de Slegte R, van Kessel H.     Estrogen-induced prolactinoma in a man. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1988 Feb;66(2):444-6.   Schulze C.     Response of the human testis to long-term estrogen treatment: morphology of Sertoli cells, Leydig cells and spermatogonial stem cells. Cell Tissue Res. 1988 Jan;251(1):31-43.   Cohen MS, Sanchez RL.     Hemorrhagic urethritis in female-to-male transsexual. Possible androgen-related phenomena. Urology. 1987 Dec;30(6):583-5.   Ratnam SS, Ilancheran A.     Sex reassignment surgery in the male transsexual. Br J Hosp Med. 1987 Sep;38(3):204-8, 212-3.   Heresova J, Pobisova Z, Hampl R, Starka L.     Androgen administration to transsexual women. II. Hormonal changes. Exp Clin Endocrinol. 1986 Dec;88(2):219-23.   Gooren L.     The neuroendocrine response of luteinizing hormone to estrogen administration in the human is not sex specific but dependent on the hormonal environment. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1986 Sep;63(3):589-93.   van Bergeijk L, Gooren LJ, van Kessel H, Sassen AM.     Effects of naloxone infusion on plasma levels of LH, FSH, and in addition TSH and prolactin in males, before and after oestrogen or anti-oestrogen treatment. Horm Metab Res. 1986 Sep;18(9):611-5.   van Bergeijk L, Gooren LJ, van Kessel H, Sassen AM.     Effects of continuous LHRH infusion on plasma levels of LH and FSH in males, before and after oestrogen or anti-oestrogen treatment. Horm Metab Res. 1986 Aug;18(8):558-64.   Miller N, Bedard YC, Cooter NB, Shaul DL.     Histological changes in the genital tract in transsexual women following androgen therapy. Histopathology. 1986 Jul;10(7):661-9.

Hypogonadal men

Effects of Testosterone Replacement in Hypogonadal Men.
Peter J. Snyder et al.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000: 85; 2670–2677.
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Hysterectomy

Hysterectomy Queries of Professor L. Gooren.
Stephen Whittle.
Boys' Own, 1999; Dec: No 30.
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Vaginectomy and laproscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy as adjunctive surgery for female-to-male transsexual reassignment: preliminary report.
Ergeneli et al.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1999 Nov; 87(1): 35-7.
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