Social Dichotomy Versus Gender Dichotomy: A Case Report of Gender Identity Disorder

Gender Identity Disorder : a Case Report*

The aetiology of transsexualism is not yet clearly understood. Stoller's studies (1970) on psychoanalytical lines postulate that by encouraging every sign of gracefulness, delicacy, unaggressiveness and interest in feminine ways the mother re-inforces her son's advance towards femininity. Hamburg (1971) among others has suggested that hormonal factors operating on the foetal brain during the cr...

Secondary Gender Identity Disorder - a Case Report

An eighteen year old Christian male, diagnosed as Bipolar Affective Disorder, 2nd manic episode with mood congruent psychotic features presented during the episode with the explicit wish for sex reassignment surgery. He even claimed to be married to a local man. With effective management of the manic episode, his wish for sex reassignment surgery has completely subsided. This report discusses t...

Gender Identity Disorder

Gender Identity Disorder : a Report of Three Cases

Gender Identity Disorder (GID) is a complex problem. This report describes three cases of GID with more or less similar clinical presentation. It was interesting to note that inspite of the similarity in their early clinical features, their own approach towards their illness, the reaction of the family members and the outcome were different. The report also highlights the need for different the...

Housing and Gender: Beyond the Public/Private Dichotomy

Patricia Gardiner is a graduate student in City Planning at San Diego State University. She is Irish, and earned her undergraduate degree in History and Politics at North London Polytechnic In Britain. She has lived in the United States for six years and has worked in a variety of community development jobs, Including a period at the San Diego Housing Commission. She worked during the summer of...