Call for Assistance with Family Research Project


"What are the effects of disclosure of crossdressing behavior of the male parental figure on the maturational development of children in the family system?" "Should I tell the kids about my crossdressing, should it be kept a secret, or should I abstain from crossdressing until the children have left home?" This research makes no judgement about the matter but instead will try to learn about the actual experiences of the young people in a family with a crossdressing father. The goal is to talk with adult and adolescent children who have emerged from that special family system to glean what they felt and thought the experience meant to them. The attempt will be made in this manner to help determine what those effects are.

The researcher needs to talk to the children of crossdressers (of all sorts; TV, TG, TS) who are between the ages of 16 and 25 (though younger and older children of crossdressers will be considered as well). Parents of those children under the age of eighteen will be provided with parental consent forms. This study will consist of a few questions that the child will be asked in an open-ended manner in an in-person interview setting and completing a simple form.

The participant criteria is as follows: your child is between the ages of 16 and 25, has known about and experienced your crossdressing behavior (around the house or in public) and who would be willing (without parental coercion) to share their experiences with me.

It is hoped that individuals and groups will volunteer to assist with this study so that a foundation for further study may be laid and definitive conclusions arrived at. The pilot study, which will require participation of several children of crossdressers, is slated to begin in 1997. If you are such a parent or know of a crossdresser who is a parent, please contact me at:

Research Project
Ted J. Clement, M.A.
10400 Rio Hondo Parkway
El Monte, CA 91733-1354
818-444-4354
tedclem@ix.netcom.com


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