Scholarly commentary
Anne Lawrence — Essays
Essays on autogynephilia, including Autogynephilia at 35, Autogynephilia as Thought Crime, and Becoming What We Love.
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AGP resources & communities
Explore writing, interviews, and public discussion about autogynephilia and autoheterosexuality.
Researcher commentary, first-person accounts, and peer discussion serve different purposes. For published studies, visit the research library.
Researcher resources, books & interviews
Publication index
Anne Lawrence — Published articles
An index of Lawrence’s published work on autogynephilia and gender dysphoria, with links to individual publications.
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Anne Lawrence — Videos & podcasts
Interviews and discussions about autogynephilia and AGP-related gender dysphoria.
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Men Trapped in Men’s Bodies
Anne Lawrence’s book combining clinical synthesis with first-person accounts of autogynephilic transsexualism.
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J. Michael Bailey — Autogynephilia
An introduction to autogynephilia and Blanchard’s work. This older overview provides context; the research library links to individual publications.
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Kay Brown — On the Science of Changing Sex
A question-and-answer overview of research and theory concerning sexual orientation, gender dysphoria, and transition.
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Kay Brown — Autogynephilia
An explanatory article discussing autogynephilia and its expressions. The linked discussion is the author’s synthesis of the topic.
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Author website
Phil Illy — Autoheterosexual
Phil Illy’s writing on autoheterosexuality, autogynephilia, and gender identity, drawing on personal experience and theoretical interpretation.
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Debbie Hayton — My autogynephilia story
Hayton’s account of autogynephilia, shame, gender dysphoria, and transition.
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Miranda Yardley — What autogynephilia is and is not
Yardley explains the concept of autogynephilia and addresses common misunderstandings.
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Diary of a Young AGP — Dan Timpson
A personal introduction by a writer describing autogynephilia as his sexual orientation.
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Zack M. Davis — AGP archive
An archive of writing about autogynephilia, identity, and the interpretation of personal experience.
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AGP and Epistemic Despair
A written transcript featuring Zack M. Davis, for readers who prefer text to video.
Visit resource →Public book excerpt · Phil Illy · 2023
Straight, Turned Inside Out
The opening chapter of Phil Illy’s Autoheterosexual: Attracted to Being the Other Sex introduces his account of autoheterosexuality and includes his personal description of recognising autogynephilia and changing his gender expression. A public book excerpt combining personal experience and interpretation of research, rather than a peer-reviewed study.
Read the chapter →Explanatory book excerpt · Phil Illy · 2023
Gender Euphoria: Good Gender Feelings
Phil Illy explains how autogynephilic attraction can develop into affectional attachment to a female self, and how rewarding cross-gender experiences can influence embodiment wishes and transition desire. This public book excerpt discusses Anne Lawrence’s romance hypothesis and historical first-person accounts.
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Posts and conversations express their contributors’ views. These communities are not clinical services; content and moderation vary.
r/askAGP
AGP-focused peer discussion and questions.
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r/askAGP community guide
Community-written material on AGP terminology, experiences, and resources.
Visit resource →r/autogynephilia
Discussion among people describing themselves as autogynephilic.
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Phil Illy — @autogynephil
Public account focused on autoheterosexuality and autogynephilia.
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Ray Blanchard — @BlanchardPhD
Research publications and commentary on sexual orientation and gender dysphoria.
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King Street Psychology — @kingstpsych
Public posts from King Street Psychology, included here as a social-media resource.
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J. Michael Bailey — @profjmb
J. Michael Bailey’s public account for research and commentary.
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Kevin Hsu — @kevinjhsu
Kevin Hsu’s public account for research and commentary.
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Ray Alex Williams — YouTube
Personal and interview content involving AGP, transition, and detransition.
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Ray Alex Williams — Website
Ray Alex Williams’s website, alongside the video channel linked above.
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RayGP’s Server 2.0
A chat community publicly linked from Ray Alex Williams’s YouTube channel. A Discord account may be required; invitations and server rules can change.
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