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Is individual gender suffering relieved at the price of role conformity and the perpetuation of role stereotypes on a social level? In changing sex, does the transsexual encourage a sexist society whose continued existence depends upon the perpetuation of these roles and stereotypes? These and similar questions are seldom raised in transsexual therapy at present.

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The transsexually constructed lesbian-feminist feeds off woman's true energy source, i.e. her woman-identified self. It is he who recognises that if female spirit, mind, creativity and sexuality exist anywhere in a powerful way it is here, among lesbian-feminists.

Janice Raymond

Janice Raymond

Janice Raymond

Born: January 24, 1943 (age 81)

Bio: Janice G. Raymond is an American lesbian radical feminist activist known for her work against violence, sexual exploitation and the "medical abuse" of women, as well as for her controversial writings and work in opposition to the transgender community.

Known for:

The Transsexual Empire (1979)
A Passion for Friends (1986)
Women As Wombs (1993)
RU 486: Misconceptions, Myths and Morals (1991)

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