[Reed Erickson] COUNSELING THE TRANSEXUAL: FIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH PROFESSIONALS IN TRANSEXUAL THERAPY [1973] Book/pamphlet

Baton Rouge, LA: Erickson Educational Foundation, [1973]. Vintage original pamphlet, printed wrappers, stapled, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2″ (22 x 14 cm.), 37 pp. Very slight soiling to wrappers, previous owner signature on top right front wrapper, just about fine.

A remarkable document by a remarkable person. Reed Erickson was a trans man and philanthropist. His foundation was opened in 1964 and had a Manhattan office from 1967 to 1976. His mission was to provide support, education, and referral services to trans people. Clearly, he was by any standards a trailblazer. This pamphlet contains conversations with various people who also were involved in supportive efforts to the trans community.

It ends by saying “Transexuals are, indeed, members of the human race and their rehabilitation by means of sex reassignment is a significant mode of rehabilitative medicine.” Such thoughts were not exactly mainstream when this was published.

This was not printed in a large edition, and it is not particularly common.

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