Wondrous transformations a maverick physician, the science of hormones, and the birth of the transgender revolution /

"Harry Benjamin (1885-1986), a German-born endocrinologist, was an early pioneer in hormone therapy and transgender medicine. During his long career, he assisted many people in transitioning, including Christine Jorgensen, the 1950's 'Ex-GI' turned 'Blond Bombshell' med...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Li, Alison, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Benjamin, Harry.
Benjamin, Harry
Gender transition > Hormone therapy > History > 20th century.
Transgender people > Medical care > History > 20th century.
Sexologists > Biography.
Endocrinologists > Biography.
Sexologues > Biographies.
Endocrinologistes > Biographies.
Sexologists
Gender transition > Hormone therapy
Endocrinologists
Biography
Electronic books.
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • That Which Sets in Motion
  • Beginnings
  • Part of That Power, Not Understood
  • A Glandular View of Life
  • A Science of Sex
  • A Black Cloud Lifting
  • In the Border Fields
  • Wanderer between Two Worlds
  • Changing the Body to Match the Mind
  • Defining Sex in the Atomic Age
  • The Transsexual Phenomenon
  • Winter of Our Discontent.

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