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Archives of Sexual Behavior, August, 2004 by Kathy Sisson
Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism. By Pat Califia. Cleis Press, San Francisco, California, 1997, 307 pp., $16.95.
"What if gender was no longer a marker for privilege? Who would you be if you had never been punished for gender-inappropriate behavior? What would it be like to live in a society where you could take a vacation from gender?" (p. 277). Califia concludes this book with these and other provocative questions. In anteceding chapters, Califia traces the historical evolution of transsexuality/transgenderism from medical curiosity to politicized minority culture. A powerful blend of political activism and personal disclosure infuses the ...