In 1973, homosexuality was officially depathologized with a
revision in the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatry."
In 1980, a new diagnosis appeared: Gender Identity Disorder of
Childhood (GID). The shift separated gender from sexuality, while
it simultaneously reinforced traditional concepts of "male" and
"female" and made it possible for cross-gendered behavior and/or
identification to be deemed psychiatric illness.
What is the difference then between a child being called a sissy
on the playground and being labeled with a disorder in a
psychiatric hospital? Combining theory and personal narrative, this
volume interrogates the meaning of "the normal" that pervades the
literature on GID and investigates the theoretical underpinnings of
the diagnosis. Sissies and Tomboys considers how the stigma of
illness influences a child's development and what homosexual
childhood, freed from the constraints of conventionally acceptable
gender expression, might look like.
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