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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... identify themselves as lesbian . The other professional said , " What do you mean ? What would they identify as ? " From that comment I realized that he had very limited contact with FTMs indi- vidually or in couples ( which he later ...
... identify simply as men and will not in any way embrace their early history . I sometimes meet FTMs who claim to ... identified was because people did not know that they existed . When the concept of an FTM did not exist , being " read ...
... identified ( experiences himself as male ) and was born in a female body and socialized as female . Though there are some FTM - identified people who do not claim a traditional male identi- ty , this book is focused on those who do identify ...