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):

Endocrinologists.

Endocrinologists--Biography.

Sexologists--Biography.

Sexologists.

Benjamin, Harry.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

The University of North Carolina Press 2023

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : 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:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798890861603

9781469674872

1469674874

OCLC:

1397799546