Autohetero - with Phil Illy

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Phil Illy is an autoheterosexual author who, in his words, “aims to mainstream autoheterosexuality and destigmatize it so that more of his kind can jettison shame and live in union with their inner cross-gender spirit.” Prior to writing a soon to be released book about his sexual orientation, Phil received degrees in physics and mechanical engineering before retiring to Portland, Oregon, where he became best known for his skill at handstand twerking and juggling hula hoops.

Phil's website: http://autoheterosexual.com/

Some terms and references are used in this episode that may not be clear to the average listener. Here is a brief glossary of terms:

"Allo" means other, or external.

"Auto" means self, or internal.

"Gyno" means female.

"Andro" means male.

"Philia" means love (or, less euphemistically, sexual attraction).

"Meta" means self-referential

A typical heterosexual male is technically "allogynephilic". The vast majority of people are, in sexologic terms, alloheterosexual.

But a male who is attracted to the thought or image of himself as female is "autogynephilic", while a female who is attracted to herself as male is "autoandrophilic". These last two are what our guest has termed "autoheterosexual".

The final term above, meta, is used in this context to describe the type of external sexual behaviors of autoheterosexuals, who often experience (and act upon) homosexual desires as a means of validating their self-perception as the opposite sex. For example, an autogynephilic male is not attracted to other males (not alloandrophilic), but sexual behavior with males serves as a validation of the self as female. That is metaandrophilia.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Dr. Michael J. Bailey's book is The Man Who Would be Queen. https://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/JMichael-Bailey/TMWWBQ.pdf

Dr. Anne Lawrence's book is Men Trapped in Men's Bodies. https://surveyanon.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/men-trapped-in-mens-bodies_book.pdf

Dr Susan Bradley - Autism and Gender - https://youtu.be/QMH8T8FxLYg

The podcast Aaron T mentioned. NOTE: it's an episode of Invisibilia, not This American Life. The relevant segment starts around the 6:30 mark. https://www.npr.org/2015/02/06/384104070/paiges-story

TAILCALLED:

https://surveyanon.wordpress.com/2018/03/17/lesbian-autoandrophilia/

https://surveyanon.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/triangulating-autohomosexuality/

https://surveyanon.wordpress.com/2019/09/10/meta-attraction-cannot-account-for-all-autogynephiles-interest-in-men/

https://surveyanon.wordpress.com/2022/10/12/towards-a-comprehensive-study-of-potential-psychological-causes-of-the-ordinary-range-of-variation-of-affective-gender-identity-in-males/

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