Skip to content

The two types of transsexuals who begin life as males are called homosexual and autogynephilic ... homosexual transsexuals are extremely feminine gay men, and autogynephilic transsexuals are men erotically obsessed with the image of themselves as women.

— J. Michael Bailey The Man Who Would Be Queen (2003)

Another quote →

More quotes by J. Michael Bailey

Homosexuality might be the most striking unresolved paradox of human evolution.

The Man Who Would Be Queen (2003)

Once you've learned about autogynephilic and homosexual transsexuals and seen several of each, distinguishing them is easy.

The Man Who Would Be Queen (2003)

The current popular literature about transsexualism is noteworthy for its ignorance of the distinction between autogynephilic and homosexual transsexuals.

The Man Who Would Be Queen (2003)

In order for a feminine boy to become transsexual, something extra must happen. What is the something extra?

The Man Who Would Be Queen (2003)

Autogynephilic transsexuals are not "women in men's bodies" (Anne Lawrence, a physician and sex researcher who is herself a postoperative transsexual, has called them "men trapped in men's bodies").

The Man Who Would Be Queen (2003)

All J. Michael Bailey quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: J. Michael Bailey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.