license. The basis for these complaints was that sex-reassignment surgery in the US requires authorization letters from two psychologists, and Bailey had written a second letter, at no charge and upon request, for some individuals Bailey had spoken with while writing the book. American bioethicist Alice Dreger notes that there was no legal basis for this claim, as Bailey received no compensation for his services, and was forthright in his letters about his qualifications, even attaching copies of his C.V.: "Presumably all this was why [Illinois] never bothered to pursue the charge, although you'd never know that from reading the press accounts, which mentioned only the complaints, not that they had petered out." State regulators took no action on these complaints. In her book Galileo's Middle Finger (2015), bioethicist Alice Dreger accused Bailey's critics of attempting to make it look as though virtually every trans woman represented in Bailey's book "had felt abused by him and had filed a charge". One of Bailey's critics, transgender academic Deirdre McCloskey, argued that the critics' actions had not overstepped the boundaries of fair comment about what she saw as an "unscientific" opinion. See also Causes of gender incongruence References External links Men Trapped in Men's Bodies Chapter 9 of the book in HTML (about autogynephilia) The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism (2003) The full book, for purchase or free PDF download Book Controversy FAQ by author J. Michael Bailey The World according to J. Michael Bailey inside "The Man who would be Queen: The Science of Gender Bending and Transsexualism" by Madeline H. Wyndzen 2003 non-fiction books English-language books Sexology Sexual orientation and medicine Transgender non-fiction books Men and sexuality Trans women LGBT-related controversies in literature