The Phallus Palace: Female to Male Transsexuals"The Phallus Palace "is a bold approach to the subject of female to male transexuals (FTMs). Personal testaments from FTMs and contributions from a host of others place the subject of transsexualism into a historical, medical, psychological and cultural context. Captivating photographs guide the reader from the FTMs female personae, through surgical operations, to portraits of the men whose self and public identities are finally revealed as one. Dean Kotula has worked as a documentary photographer for twenty years. Dean changed his sex from female to male under the scrutinizing eyes of 2,000 predominantly male shipyard workers while working as a machinist. The ensuing ordeal prompted him to create this book A native Minnesotan, Dean now resides in Massachusetts where he co-owns an antique business. |
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... woman ? " These questions have made many FTMs cringe . First of all , an FTM undertakes transition because he cannot just " stay a woman . " That is not an option , because most FTMs never experience themselves as women . Heterosexual ...
... woman refer to social ( gen- der ) terms . It is thus obvious that a male can act like a girl or woman and a female can act like a boy or man . Following from that , as I see things , the distinctions I make between sex- ual identity ...
... Woman . " " The woman helps birth the New Man , " she wrote . “ But then it is the New Man who helps the woman become the New Woman . Only then do they fully unite into One Being . " If we translate this esoteric image into the lives of ...