IJ TRANSGENDER - London Congress - Abstract - The Post-Operative Male to Female Individual and the Workplace: Do They Thrive or Just Survive?

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XVI Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium
17 - 21 August 1999, London

Reflections on "Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment" 1969 -1999

The Post-Operative Male to Female Individual and the Workplace: Do They Thrive or Just Survive?

Kirk, M.D., Sheila Surgeon TSMC Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Included in a survey originated four years ago that asks questions in a number of areas i.e. sexual experience, marital history, medical care in transition, surgery and post surgery health, is a section that investigates the respondent’s workplace. The survey contains a total of 116 questions. The 20 or so that deal with how they earn, what they endure, how they prosper are important indicators to post-operative employment experiences. They give insight into how 150 post-operative individuals have adjusted to this area of their life. The total survey now has over 600 respondents. These 150 randomly selected for analysis and only part of the larger number to be more fully reviewed. The survey is longitudinal and is meant to give indication of trends and perhaps only some absolutes over time since respondents are of different ages, educational backgrounds and levels of training. Some have had surgery a year before the response; others ten and more years before response.