title: The female mid-life sex change applicant: a comparison with younger female transsexuals and older male sex change applicants.
abstract: This paper reports on a survey approach to the study of the aging (40 years of age and older) female requesting sex reassignment surgery (SRS). A profile of 13 cases presenting at a cross-section of gender identity clinics in North America is presented. The mid-life SRS applicant is also compared on selected characteristics with a younger female transsexual group and with the aging male sex change applicant. Findings suggest that the mid-life female SRS applicant is closely akin to the aging, conflicted homosexual, whereas the mid-life male SRS applicant appears more closely associated with the aging transvestite.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002369:Castration; D005260:Female; D005835:Genitalia / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000523:psychology*; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000523:psychology*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*