Male-to-female Gender Dysphoria
Blanchard coined the term "autogynephilia" to describe men with an erotic desire to be women and hypothesized that all gender dysphoria in biological males are variants of only two types: homosexual gender dysphoria and non-homosexual gender dysphoria. The former are attracted to men, while the latter are attracted to the idea of themselves being a woman. Within the transsexual community, there has been much controversy surrounding Blanchard's ideas.
Blanchard supports public funding of sex reassignment surgery as an appropriate treatment for transsexual people, as he believes the available evidence supports that the surgery helps them live more comfortably and happily, with high satisfaction rates.
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