This book could be the "Stonewall" for transgenderism, the spark that ignites a powerful revolution, that awakens the public to a new level of sexual awareness.
From cross-dressing to altering one's sex by undergoing hormone therapy and radical surgery, "gender blending" has reached new levels of popularity. Gender Blending is an up-to-date account of this compelling trend that is rapidly altering the frontiers of human sexuality. The changes occurring in this area of lifestyle research are vast and rapid. This book looks at biological, sociological, psychological, historical, anthropological, religious, and other aspects of gender blending to find common ground among researchers in all areas. By representing a unique collaboration of experts and those involved in gender blending, this groundbreaking work could spell the beginning of a sexual renaissance.
Gender Blending includes essays on transvestism (cross-dressing), gender heresy, androgyny, religion and the cross-dresser, transgender healthcare, free expression, sex change surgery, loving transvestites, gender blending in literature virtual gender, counseling and treatment, the law and transsexuals, and much more. Contributors include Marietta Pathy Allen, Stanley Biber, Anne Bolin, Bonnie and Vern L. Bullough, Dallas Denny, Holly Devor, Mildred Dickemann, Milton Diamond, Richard Green, Ariadne Kane, Friedemann Pfafflin, Virginia Prince, Fred Whitam, Stephen Whittle, Xia Zhaojui, and many more.
The late BONNIE BULLOUGH, was a professor of nursing at the University of Southern California, and VERN L. BULLOUGH, (Northridge, CA), is a visiting professor at USC. The Bulloughs authored or edited more than 20 books, including How I Got into Sex. JAMES ELIAS (Northridge. CA) teaches sex therapy courses at California State University, and is director of the Center for Sex Research.