"When we ignore the calling, when we ignore the truth, when we ignore our experience of ourselves of somehow mysteriously transcending the binary gender system, a deep psychological and spiritual wound is inflicted." ------St.Claire
“Like dogs chasing our own tails, We are bedeviled by the ‘why’ question, which conjures up its twin, the devilish ‘how’, how to change. The pursuit of happiness becomes the pursuit of answers to the wrong questions.”
--—James Hillman
Cross-Sex Hormones Reading List
Asscheman, H. and Gooren, L. (1992). Hormone treatment in transsexuals. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 5:39-54.
Asscheman, H., Gooren, L. and Eklund, P. (1989). Mortality and morbidity in transsexual patients with cross-gender hormone treatment. Metabolism, 38:869-873.
Asscheman, H. and Gooren, L. (1992). Hormone treatment in transsexuals. In Bockting, W. and Coleman, E. (Eds). Gender Dysphoria: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Clinical Management. New York: The Haworth Press.
Becerra Fernandez, A., de Luis Roman, D., and Piedrola Maroto, G. (1999). Morbidity in transsexual patients with cross-gender hormone treatment. Medical Clinics (Barc), 113(13):492-493.
Cohen-Kettenis, P. and Gooren, L. (1992). The influence of hormone treatment on the psychological functioning of transsexuals. In Bockting W. and Coleman E. (Eds.) Gender Dysphoria: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Clinical Management. New York, NY: The Haworth Press.
Cohen-Kettenis, P. and van Goozen, S. (1998). Pubertal delay as an aid in diagnosis and treatment of a transsexual adolescent. European Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 7(4):246-248.
Gooren, L. and Delemarre-van de Wall, H. (1996). The feasibility of endocrine interventions in juvenile transsexuals. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality, 8(4):69-74.
Gooren, L. (1999). Hormonal sex reassignment. International Journal of Transgenderism, 3,3, http://www.symposion.com/ijt/ijt990301.htm.
Israel, G. and Tarver II, D. (1997). Transgender Care: Recommended Guidelines, Practical Information, and Personal Accounts. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
Kirk, S. (1996). Masculinizing Hormonal Therapy for the Transgendered. Blawnox, PA: Together Lifeworks.
Kirk, S. (1999). Feminizing Hormonal Therapy for the Transgendered. Pittsburgh, PA: Together Lifeworks.
Meyer, W., Webb, A., Stuart, C., Finkelstein, J., Lawrence, B., and Walker, P. (1986). Physical and hormonal evaluation of transsexual patients: a longitudinal study. Archive of Sexual Behavior, 15:121-138.
van Kesteren, P., Asscheman, H., Megens, J. and Gooren, L. (1997). Mortality and morbidity in transsexual subjects treated with cross-sex hormones. Clinical Endocrinology, 47:337-342.
van Kesteren, P., Lips, P., Gooren, L., Asscheman, H. and Megens, J. (1998) Long-term follow up of bone mineral density and bone metabolism in transsexuals treated with cross-sex hormones. Clinical Endocrinology, 48:347-354.