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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... continues tradition . Rather than symbolizing the phallus , the Djed pillar actually signifies the spine as the ... continue , these chakras must open . When the energy travels all the way up the spine to the top of the head - the ...
... continue it . His comment about buying a farm in Wisconsin hints that he desired , after the war , to move somewhere where his past history would not be known - most likely , in order to be able to continue living as a man . “ I will ...
... continue to do the surgery and to learn more . DK : Did you have any ethical considerations about doing this type of surgery ? TM : No. My only concern was my lack of formal training for these types of procedures . Though I had received ...