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In the Los Angeles Review of Books, Samuel Clowes Huneke writes, "A self-described "lifelong LGBTQ rights advocate" and professor of history at Amherst College, Manion created not only a strikingly original portrait of individuals who, as [Manion] puts it, "transed" gender in the 18th and 19th centuries, but also an impassioned cri de coeur for trans rights."
A dominant woman and a submissive man practicing feminization. Feminization or feminisation, sometimes forced feminization (shortened to forcefem or forced femme), [1] [2] and also known as sissification, [3] is a practice in dominance and submission or kink subcultures, involving reversal of gender roles and making a submissive male take on a feminine role, which includes cross-dressing.
The effect of feminizing hormone therapy on fertility is not clear, but it is known that testosterone suppression can prevent sperm production. [302] The age of starting and stopping hormone therapy seems to be a significant factor, but no direct causation has been found between length of treatment and ability to reproduce.
There are a variety of genital surgeries available to trans women and transfeminine non-binary people. Genital surgery can be an effective way for an individual to ease or eliminate feelings of disconnection or discomfort with their natal genitals; for others, including those who do not feel strongly about their natal genitals, it can create feelings of connection or congruence with their ...
Intersex medical interventions (IMI), sometimes known as intersex genital mutilations (IGM), [1] are surgical, hormonal and other medical interventions performed to modify atypical or ambiguous genitalia and other sex characteristics, primarily for the purposes of making a person's appearance more typical and to reduce the likelihood of future problems.
Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or transgender hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity.
Medications used in hormone therapy for transgender men include androgens and anabolic steroids like testosterone (by injection and other routes) to produce masculinization, suppress estrogen and progesterone levels, and prevent/reverse feminization; GnRH agonists and antagonists to suppress estrogen and progesterone levels; progestins like ...
Feminization (sociology), a perceived societal shift of gender roles toward the characteristically "female" Feminization (biology), the hormonally induced development of female sexual characteristics; Feminization (sexual activity), a sexual or lifestyle practice where a person assumes a female role; Feminization may also refer to: