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Transsexual Informants Appendix Transsexual Informants This appendix lists the 249 transsexual (TS) informants by the three-digit numbers used to identify them in the text, along with the inclusion criterion that each satisfi ed in order to be classi fi ed as transsexual and the narrative information that indicated satisfaction of the criterion. • Criterion a: identi fi es as TS, experiences gender dysphoria, or has a cross-gender identity. • Criterion b: using hormones, living full time in female role, or approved for SRS. • Criterion c: completed SRS. No. Criterion Relevant narrative information 001 b Has lived as a woman for 1 year; has used hormones for many years 002 a Wants to be a woman and have a female body 003 a Has gender dysphoria; has decided to transition 004 a Wants to be female; experiences gender dysphoria 005 b Experiences gender dysphoria; has used hormones, wants SRS 006 a Envies women’s bodies, wants to become female 007 a Wants to be female 008 a Want to become feminine and be a woman 009 b Wants to become a woman; using hormone therapy 010 b Experiences gender dysphoria; has been using hormones 011 a Wants to undergo SRS 012 a Identi fi es as TS 013 a Identi fi es as TS 014 a Wants to have a female body 015 a Wants physical feminization 016 a Has experienced life-long gender dysphoria 017 a Identi fi es as TS 018 a Identi fi es as a woman; wants to undergo SRS 019 a Identi fi es as TS; feels the need to transition 020 b Identi fi es as TS, wants a woman’s body; has been using estradiol (continued) A.A. Lawrence, Men Trapped in Men’s Bodies: Narratives of Autogynephilic 219 Transsexualism, Focus on Sexuality Research, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-5182-2, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 220 Transsexual Informants No. Criterion Relevant narrative information 021 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormones for about 2 years 022 b Wants to be a woman; has been using hormones 023 a Wants to have a female body 024 c Completed SRS about 3 years earlier 025 b Identi fi es as TS, has transitioned to live as a woman 026 a Identi fi es as TS 027 a Identi fi es as TS 028 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormones for about 2 years 029 a Identi fi es as TS 030 b Approved for SRS 031 a Identi fi es as TS; wants to be female 032 a Identi fi es as TS 033 a Identi fi es as TS 034 a Wants to be female; about to start hormone therapy 035 a Identi fi es as TS 036 a Experiences gender dysphoria 037 a Identi fi es as TS 038 b Identi fi es as TS; has been using estrogen 039 a Wants to transition and live as a woman 040 a Identi fi es as TS 041 a Identi fi es as TS 042 b Identi fi es as TS; using hormone therapy 043 a Identi fi es as TS; approved for hormone therapy 044 a Experiences gender dysphoria, wants to be a woman 045 a Identi fi es as TS 046 a Identi fi es as TS, determined to go through transition 047 b Identi fi es as TS; using hormones for about 1 year 048 a Identi fi es as TS 049 b Approved and scheduled for SRS 050 c Completed SRS about 3 years earlier 051 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormone therapy for years 052 a Identi fi es as TS; wants to have SRS 053 b Identi fi es as TS; has been using hormones for about 6 months 054 a Identi fi es as TS 055 c Completed SRS 056 a Identi fi es as TS; wants to transition 057 a Identi fi es as TS; about to begin hormone therapy 058 b Living full time in female role for 3 years; approved for SRS 059 c Completed SRS 060 a Identi fi es as TS; wants to undergo SRS 061 c Completed SRS 062 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormones 063 b Has lived full time in female role for about 2 years 064 b Lives full time in female role; approved for SRS 065 c Completed SRS about 4 years earlier 066 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormone therapy for 18 months 067 a Identi fi es as TS (continued) Transsexual Informants 221 No. Criterion Relevant narrative information 068 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormones for about 2 months 069 c Completed SRS about 2 years earlier 070 b Approved for SRS; has lived full time in female role for 1 year 071 c Completed SRS 072 c Completed SRS 073 b Identi fi es as TS; using hormone therapy, expects approval for SRS 074 a Identi fi es as TS; wants to undergo SRS 075 a Identi fi es as TS 076 a Identi fi es as TS; wants to have a female body 077 b Receiving hormone injections; living full time as a woman 078 a Wants to be a woman 079 c Completed SRS about 4 years earlier 080 a Identi fi es as a woman at all times; expects to undergo SRS 081 a Wants a female body; wants to undergo SRS 082 b Wants to be a woman; has been using hormones 083 b Has been using hormones for 2 years; wants to undergo SRS 084 b Living full time as a woman for 4 years; scheduled for SRS 085 a Wants to be a woman; has been approved for hormone therapy 086 c Completed SRS 087 b Using hormone therapy, has transitioned to live as a woman 088 a Identi fi es as a woman; wants to have a female body 089 b Lives full time in female role; has been using hormones 090 a Identi fi es as TS, wants to undergo SRS 091 b Has lived full time in female role for 1 year; approved for SRS 092 b Has transitioned to live as a woman; using hormone therapy 093 a Identi fi es as TS 094 a Identi fi es as a woman 095 a Identi fi es as TS; feels trapped in the wrong body 096 c Completed SRS 097 a Wants to be a woman; wants to have female genitals 098 b Wants to be female; used hormones for 2 years 099 c Completed SRS 100 a Identi fi es as a woman; wants to become a woman 101 a Experiences gender dysphoria; wants to have a female body 102 a Would like to undergo SRS 103 a Wants to be a woman 104 a Wants to become a woman and undergo SRS 105 a Has always wanted to be female; wants to have female genitals 106 a Wants to become a woman and live as a woman 107 a Would like to be a woman and have a female body 108 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormone therapy 109 a Wants to be a woman; identi fi es as a woman 110 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormone therapy for about 1 year 111 a Identi fi es as a woman; lives almost full time as a woman 112 a Has always wanted to be female; hated physical changes of puberty 113 b Undergoing hormone therapy; will have SRS soon 114 b Identifi es as female; has been using hormones for about 6 months (continued) 222 Transsexual Informants No. Criterion Relevant narrative information 115 c Completed SRS about 1 year earlier 116 a Identi fi es as TS, plans to transition eventually 117 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormones several times 118 c Completed SRS 119 b Identi fi es as TS; using hormone therapy 120 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormone therapy 121 b Identi fi es as TS, has transitioned to live as a woman 122 a Identi fi es as TS 123 b Identi fi es as TS; living full time as a woman 124 b Identi fi es as TS; approved for SRS 125 a Identi fi es as TS; experiences gender dysphoria 126 a Wants to live full time as a woman 127 a Identi fi es as TS; wants to transition 128 a Identi fi es as TS; wants to have a female body 129 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormone therapy 130 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormone therapy 131 a Has a strong desire to be a woman and have female genitals 132 c Completed SRS about 6 months earlier 133 a Identi fi es as TS 134 b Identi fi es as TS; has been using hormones 135 a Identi fi es as TS 136 c Completed SRS about 6 months earlier 137 c Completed SRS about 22 years earlier 138 c Completed SRS about 20 years earlier 139 c Completed SRS about 1 month earlier 140 b Identi fi es as a woman; using hormone therapy 141 b Identi fi es as TS; using hormone therapy 142 a Identi fi es as TS; approved for hormone therapy 143 a Identi fi es as TS 144 b Identi fi es as a woman; has been using hormones for about 6 years 145 a Wants to transition and have a woman’s body 146 a Is gender dysphoric; wants to have a female body 147 b Wants to be female; used hormones before orchiectomy 148 a Would like to have breasts and a vagina 149 b Wants to have a female body; is using hormones 150 b Would like to transition; has been using hormones 151 b Has used hormones for 2 years; has lived in female role for 1 year 152 a Experiences gender dysphoria; wants to be a woman 153 a Wants to undergo SRS 154 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormones 155 a Identi fi es as TS; wants to become a woman 156 b Has used hormone therapy for about 2 years, scheduled for SRS 157 a Wants to have a female body, hates male genitals 158 b Identi fi es as a woman; is using hormones 159 b Identi fi es as TS; has used hormones for about 4 years 160 b Wants to have SRS; has used hormones for several years (continued) Transsexual Informants 223 No.
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