The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey

He was the psychologist in the Adult Gender Identity Clinic of Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) from 1980–1995 and the Head of CAMH’s Clinical Sexology Services from 1995–2010. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967 and his Ph.D. His book The Man Who Would Be Queen provides a readable scientific account of two kinds of gender dysphoria among natal males, and is available as a free download here. Michael Bailey is Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University. Hateful or trollish comments will be deleted. Please note: As always on 4thWaveNow, if you disagree with the content of this article, your comments will be more likely to be published if they are delivered respectfully. As their time permits, they will be available to interact in the comments section of this post. This is the first in a series of articles authored by Drs. Michael Bailey, Ph.D and Ray Blanchard, Ph.D The essay closes with an epilogue that explores what has happened since 2003 to the central ideas and major players in the controversy.By J.

It also provides a thorough exegesis of the book's treatment of transsexuality and includes a comprehensive investigation of the merit of the charges made against Bailey that he had behaved unethically, immorally, and illegally in the production of his book. Using published and unpublished sources as well as original interviews, this essay traces the history of the backlash against Bailey and his book.

Dissatisfied with the option of merely criticizing the book, a small number of transwomen (particularly Lynn Conway, Andrea James, and Deirdre McCloskey) worked to try to ruin Bailey. Some saw the book as especially dangerous because it claimed to be based on rigorous science, was published by an imprint of the National Academy of Sciences, and argued that MTF sex changes are motivated primarily by erotic interests and not by the problem of having the gender identity common to one sex in the body of the other. They believed the book to be typical of much of the biomedical literature on transsexuality-oppressive in both tone and claims, insulting to their senses of self, and damaging to their public identities. The book's portrayal of male-to-female (MTF) transsexualism, based on a theory developed by sexologist Ray Blanchard, outraged some transgender activists. Michael Bailey published a book entitled The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism. In 2003, psychology professor and sex researcher J.

The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey