From He To She

Transexuals don't actually have a choice. It's the way they're born. Something happens when they're developing in the womb that ultimately leads to them feeling that they are a woman stuck in a man's body, or a man trapped in a woman's body. The feeling isn't a learned auto-erotic arousal like transvestitism - a male transsexual actually has a woman's brain.

By Joe Gardiner

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STEP FOUR : Counselling and Referral.

Psychiatric examination follows more counselling to rule out delusion in the patient. After all, there will be no going back after the operation.

STEP FIVE : Surgery

It's not only the end results that are good, there are also very few complications following the 4-5 hour operation. The patient is out of hospital in ten days and can be back at work in three months. The risk of prolapse is small and usually only occurs if patients have sex too soon after surgery or if the surgery is poor. Satisfaction rates with good surgery are 100 per cent. "The patient has got they body they always wanted," says Springfield. "To see patients going from desperation to complete satisfaction makes the job very rewarding."

Following surgery cases, 40 per cent of transsexual-to-females live as heterosexual women, 40 per cent are lesbian and 20 per cent pursue a bisexual lifestyle.

"Transsexuals are ordinary people who've gone through an extraordinary experience," says Springfield. "Many live their lives without anyone knowing their background. You have probably met some without even knowing."

You can contact Fran Springfield at http://members.aol.com/gics

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