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Wondrous transformations : a maverick physician, the science of hormones, and the birth of the transgender revolution / Alison Li.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Alison, 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Benjamin, Harry.
- Endocrinologists--Biography.
- Endocrinologists.
- Sexologists--Biography.
- Sexologists.
- Trans people--Medical care--History--20th century.
- Trans people.
- Gender transition--Hormone therapy--History--20th century.
- Gender transition.
- Gender transition--Hormone therapy.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- History
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Harry Benjamin (1885-1986), a German-born endocrinologist, was an early pioneer in hormone therapy and transgender medicine. During his long career, he assisted many people in transitioning, including Christine Jorgensen, the 1950's 'Ex-GI' turned 'Blond Bombshell' media sensation. The two became close collaborators, with Jorgensen working with Benjamin on his influential book The Transsexual Phenomenon, published in 1966. Alison Li's much-needed biography of Benjamin chronicles his passion for hormones and his lifelong interest in sexology. Drawn from extensive research in archival documents, secondary sources, and interviews, Li tells the story of Benjamin's collaborative work with over a thousand transgender patients and his efforts in education, research, and networking, helped to create the institutional foundations of transgender medicine"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- That Which Sets in Motion
- Beginnings
- Part of That Power, Not Understood
- A Glandular View of Life
- A Science of Sex
- A Black Cloud Lifting
- In the Border Fields
- Wanderer between Two Worlds
- Changing the Body to Match the Mind
- Defining Sex in the Atomic Age
- The Transsexual Phenomenon
- Winter of Our Discontent.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781469674858
- 1469674858
- OCLC:
- 1375104493
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