tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post6971348238230808616..comments2023-04-26T23:19:46.504-04:00Comments on Notes from the T side: The Person Ovesey Transsexual StudyElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17931270965200576249noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-37563490726625945292010-10-10T18:05:24.989-04:002010-10-10T18:05:24.989-04:00Thank you so much for the link to Dr. Benjamin'...Thank you so much for the link to Dr. Benjamin's book! I did not know it was available as a PDF. I'm afraid I have not read it. I knew all my life that I wish I had been born a girl, but I was quite ignorant of the fact that I could do something about it beyond fantasizing until I was in my early 50s. I've read some books, but not very many and not older books. When I can make time, I would like to see what Dr. Benjamin himself wrote -- not what others have interpreted.Véro Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895169022031921712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-7333027738811671892010-10-10T11:56:17.476-04:002010-10-10T11:56:17.476-04:00Anne,
I doubt there was anything that could be co...Anne,<br /><br />I doubt there was anything that could be construed as an approved approach to transition in the 50's and 60's. Mine certainly was not. I will be 65 this December so we did come from around the same time.<br /><br />The study I was part of was the Person-Ovesey study and while I still consider Dr. Person someone I like I did disagree vehemently with her definitions of primary and secondary and I made those feelings known.<br /><br />Aria may be brilliant but misinformed brilliance is still ignorance or worse yet someone not willing to defend their position or views because they fear exposure.<br /><br />LizElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17931270965200576249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-70032822776489924562010-10-10T09:07:44.932-04:002010-10-10T09:07:44.932-04:00Hi Liz.
I too have been directed to your blog by ...Hi Liz.<br /><br />I too have been directed to your blog by Melissa and find this initial post to be of extreme interest.<br /><br />It seems that we are roughly the same age and transtioned at just about the same time, (very early 70's) although mine was a less than "conventional transition" and outside the auspices of the "approved" or "recognized" programs. I did not have the time nor inclination to be part of a "study" and was extremely fortunate to have survived the harrowing path that I took.<br /><br />Frankly, I was quite ignorant of the choices available to me, but I did know what I needed done to get MY life in order and so I did just that. I vaguely remember Dr. Benjamin's study, but at that time, he was still on the East Coast and that might as well have been on another planet.<br /><br />The good news is that tings worked out very well for me and it has only been since the Susan Stanton affair, that I have ever given any thought whatsoever to my long forgotten past.<br /><br />Since then, however, I have been continually appalled by the current state of misinformation and politically motivated BS the dominates what passes as conventional wisdom.<br /><br />Just so you know, I agree 110% in your assessment of Aria, who whie quite brilliant is also woefully misinformed.<br /><br />While i am pretty sure that you and I do NOT have all the answers, at least we were there.<br /><br />You have my thanks for popping out of the woodworks as you have.<br /><br />BTW...you have my contact info. so please, feel free to contact me.<br /><br />AnneAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696670919817140802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-944795231126319421.post-79707296582340935572010-10-05T10:38:21.124-04:002010-10-05T10:38:21.124-04:00Elizabeth,
Thanks for writing this. I read a lot...Elizabeth,<br /><br />Thanks for writing this. I read a lot back in the 80s college days when I first realized that there were books about GID and transsexuality. I read Dr. Benjamin's book then and while it moved me almost to tears that there was a reason for my feelings, I couldn't at that point see myself as a TS. The era of Phil Donahue and so on, unfortunately I was too scared and bewildered. But, I at least had a mental understanding. That was huge. <br /><br />I am a beneficiary of your participation in this study and of Dr. Benjamin's (and his staff's) hard work, keen insight, determination and compassion. I have not transitioned, but likely will (I am in mid-40s now and with a young family, but with a supportive wife). The fact that I can still do this if I wish, but was able to cope with being TS for so many years is because of brave women like you being the pioneers. You and others cannot be thanked enough for this as there are many lives which have been saved because of what went on in the 50s/60s/early 70s. My own among them. : )<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />KarinKarin July1992https://www.blogger.com/profile/03976147729081731449noreply@blogger.com