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The girl's desire to possess a penis and to be a boy is an expression of her 
bisexuality and is as inherent as feature in girls as the desire to be a woman is in boys 

"The Oedipus Complex and Early Anxieties" - Melanie Klein (1882-1960). 1 2

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Papers

Academic Papers
Symposium
The International Journal of Transgenderism (Tzoneteam recommended!)
This links to a comprehensive external site that lists academic papers in relation to transsexual studies.
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Partners - see Significant Others

Penis

Penis - 'Cache-Sex' methods of concealment and obtaining a 'flat-look' for pre-op male-to-female transgender people, Tucking and taping the penis to hide it's appearance.
Samantha Johnson
Transgender Zone
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Penis Lengthening and Girth Enhancement.
Andromeda Andrology Center, India, 2003
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Penis - A better Manhood??? - Do you really NEED a penis???.
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Dynaflex prosthesis in total phalloplasty.
Hage JJ.
Plast Reconstr Surg 1997 Feb; 99(2): 479-85.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Silicone genital prosthesis for female-to-male transsexuals.
Hage JJ, Bouman FG.
Plast Reconstr Surg 1992 Sep; 90(3): 516-9.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Osseous fixation of a penile prosthesis after transsexual phalloplasty.
Fisch M., et al.
J Urol 1993 Jan; 149(1): 122-5.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Obtaining rigidity in the neophallus of female-to-male transsexuals.
Hage J.J., et al.
Ann Plast Surg 1993 Apr; 30(4): 327-33.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

10 years of experience with penile prosthesis implantation.
Chiang HS, Wu CC, Wen TC.
J Urol 2000 Feb; 163(2): 476-80.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Penile prosthesis implantation in a transsexual neophallus 
Hui-Meng Tan.
Asian J Androl 2000 Dec; 2: 304-306.
Abstract | Full Text [PDF]

Personal Security

Personal Security for transgender, transsexual and Crossdressers
Transgender Zone
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Phalloplasty Techniques

Phalloplasty via Charing Cross London Surgery Photos and life story
Mitchs Story
TransgenderZone
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Phalloplasty Surgery Photos 
Gender Centre
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Reconstruction of the male external genitalia.
Boxer RJ.
Surg Gynecol Obstet 1975 Dec; 141(6): 939-44.
Abstract [Full Text]

Phalloplasty Techniques
Amsterdam, London. The worlds leading surgeons discuss surgery
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Phalloplasty in a female-to-male transsexual using a double-pedicle composite groin flap.
Akoz T, Kargi E.
Ann Plast Surg. 2002 Apr;48(4):423-7; discussion 427.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Phalloplasty using the free radial forearm flap.
Matti BA, Matthews RN, Davies DM.
Br J Plast Surg 1988 Mar; 41(2): 160-4.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Reconstruction of the penis in transsexual patients.
Vesely J., et al.
Acta Chir Plast 1992; 34(1): 44-54.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Addressing the ideal requirements by free flap phalloplasty: some reflections on refinements of technique.
Hage JJ, De Graaf FH.
Microsurgery 1993; 14(9): 592-8.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Phalloplasty in female-to-male transsexuals: what do our patients ask for?
Hage JJ., et al.
Ann Plast Surg 1993 Apr; 30(4): 323-6.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Scrotal construction by expansion of labia majora in biological female transsexuals.
Sengezer M, Sadove RC.
Ann Plast Surg 1993 Oct; 31(4): 372-6.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Late salvage of a "free flap" phalloplasty: a case report.
Noordanus RP, Hage JJ.
Microsurgery 1993; 14(9): 599-600.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Phallic construction in female-to-male transsexuals using a lateral upper arm sensate free flap and a bladder mucosa graft.
Hage JJ., et al.
Ann Plast Surg 1993 Sep; 31(3): 275-80.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Sculpturing the glans in phalloplasty.
Hage JJ, de Graaf FH, Bouman FG, Bloem JJ.
Plast Reconstr Surg 1993 Jul; 92(1): 157-61.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Follow up study of transsexuals after sex-reassignment surgery.
Tsoi WF.
Singapore Med J 1993 Dec; 34(6): 515-7.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Use of two microsurgical flaps in one stage reconstructive surgery.
Vesely J., et al.
Acta Chir Plast 1994; 36(4): 99-103.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Pubic phalloplasty in female-to-male transsexuals.
C Bettochi, DJ Ralph, JP Pryor.
XV Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium, 1997
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Long-term results of total penile reconstruction with a prefabricated lateral arm free flap.
Khouri RK, Young VL, Casoli VM.
J Urol 1998 Aug; 160(2): 383-8.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Psychological and Social Function Before and After Phalloplasty.
James Barrett.
IJT, 2(1), 1998.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Our standard method of reconstruction of the penis and urethra in female to male transsexuals.
Vesely J., et al.
Acta Chir Plast 1999; 41(2): 39-42.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Phalloplasty in female-to-male transsexuals using free radial osteocutaneous flap.
Fang et al.
Br J Plast Surg 1999 Apr; 52(3): 217-22.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Phalloplasty using a lateral groin flap.
Zielinski T.
Acta Chir Plast 1999; 41(1): 15-9.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Neophalloplasty in female-to-male transsexual with the island tensor fasciae latae flap.
Santanelli F., Scuderi N.
Plast Reconstr Surg 2000 May; 105(6): 1990-6.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Construction of Penis with two free flaps.
Takao Harashina, MD.
Annals of Plastic Surgery 2002; 49(3): 302-306.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Glans, Urethra, and Corporeal Body Reconstruction by Free Osteocutaneous Forearm Flap Transfer .
Fabio Santanelli, MD, PhD., Guido Paolini, MD .
Annals of Plastic Surgery 2003; 50(3): 321-324.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Phalloplasty in a Female-to-Male Transsexual Using a Double-Pedicle Composite Groin Flap.
Tayfun Aköz, MD; Eksal Karg, MD.
Ann Plast Surg 2002 April; 48(4): 423-427.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Long-term fate of the bony component in neophallus construction with free osteofasciocutaneous forearm or fibula flap in 18 female-to-male transsexuals.
Papadopulos NA, Schaff J, Biemer E.
Plast Reconstr Surg 2002 Mar; 109(3): 1025-30.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Reconstruction of the penis in transsexual patients.
Vesely J., et al.
Plast Reconstr Surg 2002 Mar; 109(3): 1025-30.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Urethral Complications in Phalloplasty.
Dr David J. Ralph,1999
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Pregnancy

The Pregnant Man - an Oxymoron?
Dr Sam Dylan More, 1999.
Abstract [FullText] [PDF]

Press and Media

Transsexual People and the Press
Press For Change, 2004.
[Abstract] [Full Text] PDF

Prostitution

Prostitution and Transgender Escorting
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Prostate

Prostate - the prostate in post-operative transsexuals
Samantha Johnson
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Psychiatry

Psychiatrists Directory
Also see - DSM-IV

Psychology

Ego development in female-to-male transsexual couples.
Fleming M, Costos D, MacGowan B.
J Med Ethics 1980 Jun; 6(2): 85-9.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Similarities in becoming: transsexuals and adolescents.
Fleming M, Feinbloom D.
Adolescence 1984 Fall; 19(75): 729-48.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

A psycho-endocrinological overview of transsexualism.
A Michel, C Mormont1 and J J Legros.
European Journal of Endocrinology (2001)145; 365-376.
Abstract [Full Text] PDF

Developmental profile of 200 male and 100 female transsexuals in Singapore.
Tsoi WF.
Arch Sex Behav 1990 Dec; 19(6): 595-605.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Male and female transsexuals: a comparison.
Tsoi WF.
Singapore Med J 1992 Apr; 33(2): 182-5.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Self-image and personality traits in gender identity disorders.
Bodlund O, Armelius K.
J Sex Marital Ther 1994 Winter; 20(4): 303-17.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Psychotherapy

Click here for UK psychotherapists

The transsexual client: a discussion of transsexualism and issues in psychotherapy.
Oles MN.
Am J Orthopsychiatry 1977 Jan; 47(1): 66-74.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

Psychological treatment of transsexualism and sexual identity disorders.
Lothstein LM.
Arch Sex Behav 1979 Sep; 8(5): 431-44.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

The psychoanalyst and the transsexual patients.
Childan C.
Int J Psychoanal 2000 Feb; 81(Pt 1): 21-35.
Abstract [Full Text] [PDF]

When sex and gender diverge.
Martin, E.
CPJ 2002 Dec; 13(10).
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

R

Rachlin, K.

Factors which influence Indviduals' Decisions when considering Genital Reconstructive Surgery.
Rachlin K.
IJT July-September 1999, 3,3.
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Ralph, David J.

Urethral Complications in Phalloplasty.
Dr David J. Ralph, 1999
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

Real Life Test [ RLT ]

The Real Life Test - a history
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

The Transgender Zone Argues if this is the right way to do things?
A full documentary video produced from the Transgender Zone Archives and addresses the medical evidence that being transgender is a medical condition not a psychiatric one! Julia Grant, April Ashley and Janett Scott comment.
Requires Real Player™
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Video Zipped File]

Records (Medical NHS UK)

Accessing medical records
Official NHS Guidance
[Abstract] Full Text PDF

Reproduction

Gender reassignment and assisted reproduction.
De Sutter P.
Hum Reprod 2001 Apr; 16(4): 612-4.
Abstract Full Text [PDF]

Residential and Community Care of Transgender People -
         See Community Care

Reid, R

Russell Reid and the Standards of Care and 
TransgenderZone.com Response
David Batty
Tuesday January 20, 2004
The Guardian
[Abstract] Full Text [PDF]

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