Our book was produced as part of the research entitled Transsexuals in the Health and Social Care System within the framework of the Social Inclusion - 2003 program. This was the first descriptive research on transsexual people in Hungary, using social science approaches, which sought to provide a comprehensive picture of the social treatment of the phenomenon of transsexuality by exploring the official and health options for gender reassignment.
The target group of transsexuals in our study was people who entered or intended to enter the health care system, who defined themselves as transsexual now or in the past, or who had a need to change their gender. In addition to studies based on interviews with stakeholders and professionals with practical experience with transsexuality, the volume includes, among others, excerpts from studies by Harold Garfinkel and Sam Dylan More, the results of our questionnaire study, recommendations to social policymakers to develop good practice, and the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on transsexual people.
