Part 1: The Controversy.
Having seen many references to this book I have, finally, got around to reading it. It doesn’t take a strictly biologically determinist or a social constructionist stance. It is sympathetic to gay and trans rights. {Though not in ways likely to satisfy Trans Activists, in 2019}. There is plenty to disagree with, for one, I think the cover was needlessly tabloid. However it’s well worth a read and, finally, I understand the acronym MWWTBQ. Bailey talks about erotic motivations for transition, why feminine gay males are in danger of being, wrongly, diagnosed as “trans”, and why gay males reject their feminine brothers. All topics deeply unpopular in some sections of the Trans community and with *some* gay males. Hence why it feels necessary to discuss the controversy, prior to discussing the book itself.
The book had sold only 4000 copies, when it…
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