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Whether seeking a [[sex change]] is linked to [[sexual orientation]] is hotly disputed in the political arena of Western countries, where most [[sex change]]s have occurred. Some advocates have promoted the notion of a [[gender identity disorder]] to justify a sex change.  

Whether seeking a [[sex change]] is linked to [[sexual orientation]] is hotly disputed in the political arena of Western countries, where most [[sex change]]s have occurred. Some advocates have promoted the notion of a [[gender identity disorder]] to justify a sex change.  

[[J. Michael Bailey]], a psychology professor and sex researcher at Northwestern University, published a book called ''The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism'' which sharply disagrees with the pro-sex change view. Dr. Bailey argued that MTF sex changes are motivated primarily by erotic interests and not by the problem of having the [[gender identity]] common to one sex in the body of the other. [http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf]

[[J. Michael Bailey]], a psychology professor and sex researcher at Northwestern University, published a book called ''[[The Man Who Would Be Queen]]'' which sharply disagrees with the pro-sex change view. Dr. Bailey argued that MTF sex changes are motivated primarily by erotic interests and not by the problem of having the [[gender identity]] common to one sex in the body of the other. [http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf]

Dr. Alice D. Dreger wrote:

Dr. Alice D. Dreger wrote:

*In his work on transsexualism, [[Blanchard]] argued that there are actually two types of male-to-female transsexuals, with autogynephiles being one type and [[“homosexual]] transsexuals” being the other. ... he argued that male-to-female homosexual transsexuals who opt to undergo sex reassignment do so, in part, because being a woman makes more sense than trying to live as a very effeminate man attracted to heterosexual men. [http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf]

*In his work on transsexualism, [[Blanchard]] argued that there are actually two types of male-to-female transsexuals, with autogynephiles being one type and [[“homosexual]] transsexuals” being the other. ... he argued that male-to-female homosexual transsexuals who opt to undergo sex reassignment do so, in part, because being a woman makes more sense than trying to live as a very effeminate man attracted to heterosexual men. [http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf]

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf The Controversy Surrounding The Man Who Would Be Queen: A Case History of the Politics of Science, Identity, and Sex in the Internet Age] - Alice D. Dreger, Ph.D.

*[http://www.bioethics.northwestern.edu/faculty/work/dreger/controversy_tmwwbq.pdf The Controversy Surrounding The Man Who Would Be Queen: A Case History of the Politics of Science, Identity, and Sex in the Internet Age] - Alice D. Dreger, Ph.D.