CONTENTS Foreward by Joy Diane Shaffer, M.D. Review Committee Preface and Acknowledgments Part I: Recommended Guidelines 1. Introduction 2. Mental Health 3. Transgender Hormone Administration 4. Transgender Aesthetic Surgury 5. Genital Reassignment Surgury and Gonad Removal (Castration) 6. HIV and AIDS 7. Cultural Diversity 8. Transgender Youth 9. Support Tools 10. Support Scenarios Part II: Essays 11. Ethical Implications for Psychotherapy with Individuals Seeking Gender Reassignment - Barbara F. Anderson, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. 12. Understanding Your Rights Under San Francisco Ordinance - Larry Brinkin, Acting Coordinator, San Francisco Human Rights Commission 13. From the Perspective of a Young Transsexual - Alexis Belinda Dinno 14. You are Not Alone: A Personal Quest for a Support System - Ayme Michelle Kantz 15. A Midlife Transition - Heather Lamborn 16. Insurance and Reinbursement of Transgender Health Care - Lisa Middleton, M.P.A. 17. Facial Surgury for the Transsexual - Douglas K. Ousterhout, D.D.S., M.D. 18. What Is to Be Done? A Commentary on the Recommended Guidelines - Rachel Pollack, M.A. 19. Genital Reassignment Surgery:A Source of Happiness for my Patients - Eugene A. Schrang, M.D. 20. Over and Out in Academe: Transgender Studies Come of Age - Susan Stryker, Ph.D. 21. Transsexuality, Science, and Prophecy - Max Wolf Valerio 22. Hormones - Delia van Maris, M.D. 23. The Therapist Versus the Client: How the Conflict Started and Some Thoughts on How to Resolve It - Anne Vitale, Ph.D. Appendix: Resources for Transgender Individuals, Families, and Professionals About the Authors About the Reviewers and Contributors Index