The biology of gender, from DNA to the brain | Karissa Sanbonmatsu

TED

Published February 11, 2019

How exactly does gender work? It’s not just about our chromosomes, says biologist Karissa Sanbonmatsu. In a visionary talk, she shares new discoveries from epigenetics, the emerging study of how DNA activity can permanently change based on social factors like trauma or diet. Learn how life experiences shape the way genes are expressed — and what that means for our understanding of gender. Check out more TED Talks: http://www.ted.com The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Follow TED on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/TED

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Science & Technology

Did This Transgender Woman’s Marriage Survive Her Transition? | Where Are They Now | OWN

OWN

Published February 23, 2015

For the first time in 10 years, author and professor Jenny Boylan, a transgender woman, shares an exclusive update about her marriage. For more on #WhereAreTheyNow, visit http://bit.ly/2dTkIT9 Find OWN on TV at http://www.oprah.com/FindOWN #OWNTV #WhereAreTheyNow #Oprahwinfrey SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1vqD1PN Download the Watch OWN App: http://bit.ly/2hr1nX2 Download the OWN Bold Moves App: http://bit.ly/2hglOIa About Where Are They Now: Their stories made headlines across America. Now, the original series Oprah: Where Are They Now? tracks down the Oprah Show guests who made you laugh…and made you cry. Find out where they are now, plus see what happened to the biggest newsmakers of all time and how their lives changed after sudden fame and notoriety turned their worlds upside down. About OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is the first and only network named for, and inspired by, a single iconic leader. Oprah Winfrey’s heart and creative instincts inform the brand — and the magnetism of the channel. Winfrey provides leadership in programming and attracts superstar talent to join her in primetime, building a global community of like-minded viewers and leading that community to connect on social media and beyond. OWN is a singular destination on cable. Depth with edge. Heart. Star power. Connection. And endless possibilities. Discover OWN TV: Find OWN on your TV!: http://bit.ly/1wJ0ugI Our Fantastic Lineup: http://bit.ly/1qMi2jE Connect with OWN Online: Visit the OWN WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/1qMi2jE Like OWN on FACEBOOK: http://on.fb.me/1AXYujp Follow OWN on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/1sJin8Y Follow OWN on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/LnqzMz Follow OWN on PINTEREST: http://bit.ly/2dvfPeN Did This Transgender Woman’s Marriage Survive Her Transition? | Where Are They Now | OWN http://www.youtube.com/user/OWN

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Entertainment

You Just Found Out Someone You Love Is Transgender

The Transition Channel

Published July 31, 2017

Join me as I walk you through the stages of grief (Established by Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross) that a person goes through when they find out a person they love is Transgender. Watch this video If you’d like some helpful tips on how to process this and how to help the person you love. Also around the 3 minute mark say hi to Freddy the Fly. He was especially annoying when trying to shoot this video. I made some videos and have since worked with people in over 20 different countries. I also have worked with nearly 300 people since I began years ago. Some of these people spend their entire transition with me, others just have 1 conversation about something specific, like how to navigate an issue with a partner. If you are finding my videos helpful, just imagine working with me. If you have any questions or would like to book a session, email staff@thetransitionchannel.org Follow me on Instagram: TheTransitionChannel Facebook./TheTransitionChannel Twitter: @Transitionchan Ask questions on our Twitter with #AskAlexis for my once a month Q&A

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Education

Also see her website for more information …

https://www.thetransitionchannel.org/about-alexis

About Alexis Ungerer

Alexis has her master degree in social work from the University of Southern California and is finishing her PhD in Human Sexuality Education from Widener University. The education from her PhD has allowed her to access a plethora of studies on biology, treatment of, and the most cutting edge information regarding transgender people.

​Going to a gender therapist is quite scary. Because she understands this, she created a Youtube channel to give you look at what she is like. Please consider watching a few videos to learn about what she is like. 

Recommendation:

Struggling with Guilt” and “Optional Steps before Coming Out.”

Head Over Heels: Wives Who Stay with Cross-Dressers and Transsexuals (Human Sexuality) 1st Edition

IBy Virginia Erhardt, PhD. (2006) 

From Amazon.com: “Candid, first-hand accounts of couples who stay together despite highly emotional gender issues. Head Over Heels gives voice to thirty ordinary women who live extraordinary lives as partners to crossdressers, transgenderists, and male-to-female transsexuals. These unique women discuss, with honesty and great candor, how they first learned of their partners’ gender issues, how they’ve coped with the emotions that followed, how they’ve dealt with concerns about privacy/secrecy, and how they’ve handled disclosure to children, friends, and family members. Far from a collection of “happily ever after” stories, these narratives are filled with pain, courage, curiosity, and joy as each woman struggles to redefine a relationship that includes intimacy, social acceptance, dignity, and respect. The women whose stories are featured in Head Over Heels didn’t know their partners were gender-variant when they first met. Some found out early on; others learned of their husbands’ gender variance after decades of marriage. Some were told by their husbands―men they considered “regular guys;” others found out on their own, sometimes in shocking ways. Their stories represent a wide spectrum of women’s life experiences with crossdressers, transgenderists, transsexuals who are nonoperative, pre-operative, and post-operative, families without children, families with children at home, and families with children who have left home. But these women share one thing in common: each has decided to stay in her relationship, exploring her new life with an open, yet cautious, heart.

Some of the voices heard in Head Over Heels:

  • “While putting my clothes on, I found a sales receipt on the bureau from K-Mart for shoes, a bra, and stockings. My immediate thought was that my husband had a girlfriend.”
  • “He dressed for me one night and it was the worst experience of both our lives. I was shocked and he knew it and that hurt him.”
  • “My siblings had been aware of Trish’s transsexualism for several years when she went full-time. They have told me that while I will always be welcome in their homes, Trish is not.”
  • “My husband may think differently, but I do have a sexual identity. Actually, I’m real clear about it―I am a woman and he is a man. I do not allow him to crossdress in the bedroom. I married a man; therefore, I will sleep with a man.”

Head Over Heels also includes historical and current information about resources and support for wives of gender-variant people, and a substantive introduction that includes basic information about sexual and gender identity and related issues.”

Websites of Interest to People Who Cross-Dress, are Transgendered, and/or Who Love Them

-The Crossdressers Forum (crossdressers.com)

Resources for Significant Others, Friends, Family and Allies of Transgender People

https://www.transgenderpartners.com/resource-for-partners-2

-U R Not Alone (urnotalone.com)

-Transsexual Road Map (tsroadmap.com)

-The Gender Education and Advocacy Website (gender.org)

-Tri-Ess, focused on married cross-dressers exclusively (tri-ess.org)

-Renaissance, chapters mostly in northeast US (ren.org)

She’s Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband

She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband by [Boyd, Helen]

By Helen Boyd  (2007) From Amazon.com: “Helen Boyd’s husband, who had long been open about being a cross-dresser, was considering living as a woman full time. Suddenly, Boyd was confronted with the reality of what it would mean if her husband were actually to become a woman — socially, legally, and medically. Would Boyd love and desire her partner the same way? Boyd’s first book, My Husband Betty, explored the relationships of cross-dressing men and their partners. Now, She’s Not the Man I Married is both a sequel and a more expansive examination of gender in relationships. It’s for couples who are homosexual or heterosexual, and for readers who fall anywhere along the gender continuum. As Boyd struggles to understand the nature of marriage, passion, and love, she shares her confusion and anger, providing a fascinating observation of the ways in which relationships are gendered, and how we cope, or don’t, with the emotional and sexual pressures that gender roles can bring to our marriages and relationships.”

My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser

My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Crossdresser by [Boyd, Helen]

By Helen Boyd (2009)

From Amazon.com: “Author Helen Boyd is a happily married woman whose husband enjoys sharing her wardrobe – and she has written the first book on transgendered men to focus on their relationships. Traditionally known as cross-dressers, transvestites, or drag queens, men like Helen’s husband are a diverse lot who don’t always conform to stereotype. Helen addresses every imaginable question concerning the probable and improbable reasons for behavior that still baffle not only “mental health professionals” but the practitioners themselves; the taxonomy of the transgendered and the distinct but overlapping societies of each group; coming out; bisexuality, and homophobia. The book features interviews with some very interesting people: a dominatrix and her crossdressing husband; a crossdressing Reiki master and his son; a woman who after dating one crossdresser wanted to date others and fell in love with a transsexual instead; and a woman whose husband promised her he was only a crossdresser who later realized that he was transsexual. The stories and opinions chosen to represent the spectrum will surely titillate, shock, and disgust some readers; alternatively, Helen’s narrative is a powerful lens with which to examine our own notions of gender and equality.”

Also from Amazon.com: “Helen Boyd is the author of My Husband Betty (Thunder’s Mouth, 2004) and She’s Not the Man I Married (Seal Press, 2007). She lives in Brooklyn with her partner Betty and their three cats. Her blog (en)gender can be found at www.myhusbandbetty.com.”

Hear The Inspiring Message One Transgender Girl And Her Parents Want To Share

Megyn Kelly  

TODAY

Published February 20, 2018 When Chazzie Grosshandler was in fourth-grade, she summed up the courage to tell her parents that she was not a boy, as she was designated at birth, but a girl. The 11-year-old shares her story and her parents, Jenn and John, talk to TODAY’s Megyn Kelly on what the journey was like.

Are the Brains of Transgender People Different from Those of Cisgender People?

Research into the biological basis of gender identity is in its infancy, but clues are beginning to emerge.

 March 1, 2018

 

By Shawna Williams
 

https://www.the-scientist.com/features/are-the-brains-of-transgender-people-different-from-those-of-cisgender-people-30027