The Autogynephile Tribe
19Jan10
dentedbluemerced

http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/the-autogynephile-tribe/

Blogger Jack Molay has been putting forward a self-driven examination of Blanchard's theory of  ->-bleeped-<-, as someone who identifies as autogynephile.

I put this shout-out not as an endorsement, nor as a condemnation.  Personally, I loathe ->-bleeped-<- because of how it has been used and the assumptions at the core of its genesis, but that's based on my experiences, and not Molay's words.  As I've said before, we have a responsibility to allow others to self-define, and I support that up to but not including where that self-definition seeks to define others.  Blanchard's " ->-bleeped-<-" does seek to miscategorize people, specifically transsexuals... however, I do believe from reading this blog that this author does not share that aim.

I will offer a little advice, however:  ->-bleeped-<- is still being championed by its creator, who is in a position to entrench it in the DSM, which may occur in 2013.