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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... Parents of an MTF child ( of any age ) may view their child as potentially more vulnerable than they would a child who is FTM . This vulnerabili- ty is one reason that parents bring in MTF children for psychiatric help in greater ...
... parents and the FTM are often very different . The adolescent usually comes into the assessment as a self - defined TS or as ques- tioning gender identity . The parent may deny the gender identity problem completely . Some acknowledge ...
... parents . We were the typical middle - class Midwestern Catholic family . Both parents were school- teachers . Our mother took time off from teaching to raise us children until the youngest was in high school . Both parents were also ...