SISSIES & Tomboys Book Professional Development Gender & Sexuality Text Book

In 1973, homosexuality was officially depathologized with a revision in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatry. In 1980, a new diagnosis appeared: Gender Identity Disorder of Childhood (GID). The shift separated gender from sexuality, while it simultaneously reinforced traditional concepts of "male" and "female" and made it possible for cross-gendered behavior and/or identification to be deemed psychiatric illness. What is the difference then between a child being called a sissy on the playground and being labeled with a disorder in a psychiatric hospital? Combining theory and personal narrative, this volume interrogates the meaning of "the normal" that pervades the literature on GID and investigates the theoretical underpinnings of the diagnosis. Sissies and Tomboys considers how the stigma of illness influences a child's development and what homosexual childhood, freed from the constraints of conventionally acceptable gender expression, might look like. Title: Sissies & Tomboys: Gender, Nonconformity, & Homosexual Childhood ISBN: 0-8147-7484-9 Paperback Editor: Matthew Rottnek Publisher: New York University Press Pages: 308 Publication Date: 1999 Condition: Very Good # FC 020 🛍 🎀 Bundle items from my Closet - Pay only one shipping fee! 🎀 🛍 📦 Same Day Shipping 🚭 Smoke-Free Home 🌟 Top Rated Seller 💰 Want to open a Poshmark Canada account? Sign up with code PRINCESSLABELS to get $15 off your first purchase.