IJ TRANSGENDER - Abstracts Volume 2, Number 2, 1998

Editors:
Friedemann Pfäfflin,
Ulm University, Germany

Walter O. Bockting,
University of Minnesota, USA

Eli Coleman,
University of Minnesota, USA

Richard Ekins,
University of Ulster at Coleraine, UK

Dave King,
University of Liverpool, UK

Managing Editor:
Noelle N Gray,
University of Minnesota, USA

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Erin Pellett,
University of Minnesota, USA

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Volume II, Number 2, April - June 1998

Transgenderism and Dissociative Identity Disorder - A Case Study

Transgenderism and Dissociative Identity Disorder - A Case Study
Bonnie R. Saks

Abstract
This paper focuses on the process of assessing gender issues. Dissociation and Dissociative Identity Disorder are discussed.

A case of dissociative identity disorder presenting as gender dysphoria is presented. This individual, who was sexually traumatized as a little girl, had seven surgeries to complete gender reassignment before treating clinicians recognized that there were multiple male and female ego states. Psychological testing and treatment recommendations are suggested so that integration can be achieved or at least consensus of ego states can be reached before GRS surgery is done.