Part 3: The Man Who Would Be Queen: Autogynephiles.
Having seen many references to this book I have finally got around to tackling it. The full text is available free here: The Man Who Would Be Queen
Bailey is clearly fascinated with the topic of transsexualism and immerses himself in their subculture to recruit “subjects” for his research. He is not, at least in this book, concerned with the legislative framework to protect transsexuals. He also or doesn’t examine how any such laws that interacts with those enacted to protect the female sex. His exposition of the underlying, erotic, motivations for transition does, however, reinforce the need for women’s, sex based, rights.
Bailey, uses prominent researcher Ray Blanchard’s typology of transsexuals which differentiate between HSTS (homosexual transsexuals) and AGP transsexuals. The wider public, and many commentators, are either ignorant about this typology or reject it. Bailey believes transsexualism could illuminate…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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