GENDER DISTURBANCES

As the peculiar phenomena Guevedoche in Dominican Republic and Kwolu Aatmwol in Papua New Guinea, of outward teenage gender change came to mind, i thought i’d do a list about gender: trans-sexuals, intersex, transvestites, social role reversal, variations from cultural norms etc.

I have also been reminded of James Barry (c. 1792-1795 – 25 July 1865), a military surgeon in the British Army. “After graduation from the University of Edinburgh, Barry served in India and Cape Town, South Africa. By the end of his career, he had risen to the rank of Inspector General in charge of military hospitals. In his travels he not only...