THE MOST COMMON KIND OF TRANS
There are two known types of transgenderism. One is associated with homosexuality and the other with autoheterosexuality: a sexual attraction to being the other sex.
Some trans people see these transgender categories as existential threats, or even suppress knowledge of them. But this cover-up actually harms trans people—it damages their ability to properly interpret their experiences and give truly informed consent for hormones or surgeries.
In Autoheterosexual: Attracted to Being the Other Sex, Phil Illy curates evidence from more than a century of sexual research to present a superior model of transgenderism. This intensely researched book will help autoheterosexuals understand themselves and bring greater self-awareness and agency to the decision-making process around gender transition.
Gain a better understanding of not only this most common form of trans identity, but also other forms of trans identity based on attraction to being something other than what you’re born as.
Author(s): Phil Illy
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houndstooth Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Commentary: Please share this with fellow autoheterosexuals. We have to end the cover-up. It's okay to be who we are—we shouldn't have to hide or lie just because some of our kind can't handle the truth.
Pages: 700
Tags: autoheterosexuality; autogynephilia; autoandrophilia; AGP; AAP; transsexualism; transgenderism; trans; transgender; transsexual; transvestism; gender dysphoria; gender identity; gender variance; gender transition; gender; sex; sexuality; sexual orientation;
PART 1. AUTOHETEROSEXUALITY AND ITS CONTEXT
1.0. Straight, Turned Inside Out 3
1.1. Sex, Gender, and Transgender: Setting the Context 35
1.2. Sexual Orientation: Enduring Patterns of Attraction 45
PART 2. MALE AUTOHETEROSEXUALITY: AUTOGYNEPHILIA
2.0. Autogynephilia (AGP): Love of Self as a Woman 61
2.1. Anatomic Autogynephilia: Having a Woman’s Body 75
2.2. Sartorial Autogynephilia: Donning Women’s Fashion 83
2.3. Behavioral Autogynephilia: Behaving Like a Woman 93
2.4. Physiologic Autogynephilia: Having Female Bodily Functions 101
2.5. Interpersonal Autogynephilia: Socially Being a Woman 109
PART 3. FEMALE AUTOHETEROSEXUALITY: AUTOANDROPHILIA
3.0. Autoandrophilia (AAP): Love of Self as a Man 125
3.1. Interpersonal Autoandrophilia: Socially Being a Man 147
PART 4. ADJACENT PHENOMENA:
ATTRACTION TO ANDROGYNY AND MENTAL DISORDERS
4.0. Are Traps Gay?: A Serious Answer to a Silly Question 165
4.1. Gynandromorphophilia (GAMP): Attraction to Feminized Males 171
4.2. Mental Health and Transgenderism: Being Trans Ain’t Easy 189
4.3. Autism: Autism Contributes to Gender Variance 209
PART 5. DEMOGRAPHICS OF SEXUALITY AND TRANSGENDERISM
5.0. How Common Is Autoheterosexuality?: Too Common to Lack a Name for It 221
5.1. Arriving at the Two-Type Model: How Scientists Figured It Out 235
5.2. Changing Identity, Changing Preferences: Meta-Attraction at Work 265
5.3. Which Kind of Trans Is the Most Common?: Estimating the Relative Prevalence of the Two Types 273
5.4. More Females Are Transitioning: Females Are Currently More Susceptible to Developing Gender Issues 285
PART 6. AUTOHETEROSEXUAL CROSS-GENDER DEVELOPMENT
6.0. Autohet Cross-Gender Development: Constructing the Cross-Gender Self 303
6.1. Gender Euphoria: Good Gender Feelings 321
6.2. Gender Dysphoria: Bad Gender Feelings 331
6.3. Which Comes First: Sexuality or Identity? The Chicken-or-Egg Question at the Heart of the Controversy 369
PART 7. AUTOSEXUALITY BEYOND GENDER
7.0. Autosexual Orientations: Attractions to Being 379
7.1. Transabled: Being Disabled 389
7.2. Transage: Being a Minor 397
7.3. Furries: Being an Anthropomorphic Animal 415
7.4. Therians: Being an Animal 427
7.5. Otherkin: Being a Nonhuman Entity 439
7.6. Transrace: Being a Particular Race 461
PART 8. CULTURAL INTEGRATION OF AUTOHETEROSEXUALITY
8.0. Culturally Integrating Autoheterosexuality: The Novel Situation of Sexual Differences in Location 489
8.1. Juvenile Transsexualism: Youth Gender Transition 505
8.2. Ending the Cover-Up: Helping Autoheterosexuals Interpret Their Experiences 531
8.3. A Call for Revolution: Upgrading to the Next Phase of Transgender Research 543
PART 9. LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD
9.0. Closing Thoughts: Retracing Steps with an Eye to the Future 555
How You Can Help 569
Acknowledgments 575
Appendix: Sorting by Etiology in Transgender Research 581
Beauty: Eat, Flex, Sleep 587
Further Reading 595
Glossary 603
Notes 619
