battybattybats,
"Controversial" is an understatement. Autogynephilia has been discussed, debated, and argued ad nauseum in and out of the gender community without a whole lot being resolved. For some people it may provide a plausible explanation...
As to whether or not it is bigoted... Blanchard performed his research based upon one's sexual attraction. If this makes Blanchard a bigot, then it makes all the other researchers bigots who use sexual attraction as a factor in their research.
One cannot deny that there are crossdressers who are heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or other sexually orientations. In an effort to understand more about crossdressing, it might be useful to see what similarities or differences there are based on sexual attraction, age, marital status, religion, education, or a number of other demographics... Or it might not...
Robyn P.
