I have been invited to make a presentation about the voluntary eunuch community to the Center for Research & Education on Gender & Sexuality in San Francisco on the evening of Monday, September 10 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. I expect to talk for an “academic hour” (45 minutes or so) to allow for questions, conversation, and an attack on the refreshments. The end time is “optional,” though the janitor will want us out of there at some point. The presentation will be free and open to the public. They will even serve wine and cheese, as well as coffee and cookies, afterwards to facilitate conversation. I hope that EA members in the Bay Area will attend. You can be absolutely anonymous and blend into the crowd, or you can come up before or after the talk to say hello and to meet others from the EA.

The title of the talk will be Gender Identities Beyond the Binary and the abstract for the talk is

While most individuals continue to view human sex and gender in terms of binary pairs (i.e., male or female; masculine or feminine), there are other variants. My colleagues and I have been working for several years with a population of genetic males, who wish to be not male, but do not consider themselves to be female. They variously identify as third-gender, eunuch, or continue to identify as male post-castration. We have termed this a Male-to-Eunuch Gender Dysphoria.

We have data on over 300 genetic males, who have been voluntarily castrated, and another 1,300 who have not yet been castrated but wish to be. Most do not fit the diagnosis of male-to-female, as they desire to be neither male nor female. Others suffer from a Body Integrity Identity Disorder and find their genitalia repugnant, but otherwise still identify as male.

There are indications that the number of those with a Male-to-Eunuch GID may be quite high. We have also found individuals who transitioned with full male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery who then discovered that they were not female either and reverted to a neutral/eunuch gender identity.

The Center is at 835 Market Street and the talk will be in room 517. It’s the same building as Nordstrom and Bloomingdale’s, though there is a separate entrance at the Ferry Building end of the building. There is a BART station right outside the door.

I hope to see some of you there….

"Mixed Nuts, or lack thereof - my experiences with the Eunuch community"

Of course, those who attended the MOM will appreciate that title.

I wish you well on the seminar, you will I am sure tell us all about it when its over.

River

If I were more secure in being able to keep my anonymity I'd be happy to be there as a living, breathing example of what you're talking to these people about. It's one thing to give a chat, another to bring along someone legitimate physicians and other care providers could talk to so they can see first hand what's going on.

Wish I was close enough to make the visit!

Crap, I wish I were on the same continent. I'm preparing a post in my head about this subject, since my gender identity has drifted toward a firmly non-binary direction.

As with the MOM meeting that I had to miss out on, I would love to go to that meeting also but... Maybe someday I'll live in some major city where everything is happening. Anyway say hi to the janitor. It could end up that they are the one that knows more than anyone else. For reals.