Introduction to invited papers.

On April 26, 2003, the Eastern Region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality established The John Money Award to recognize scholars who have made significant contributions to our understanding of human sexuality. It will be awarded at the annual conference of the Eastern Region of the Society beginning in the year 2004.

According the award text, "The award honors Dr. John Money for pioneering conceptual frameworks and developing language that have significantly deepened our comprehension of lovemaps, pairbonding, and, especially, gender. In 1955, his seminal work in formulating a multivariate model of sex included the naming of gender as one of its essential variables. Since then, Dr. Money's concept of gender has become intrinsic to the history of social science and has permeated idiomatic as well as academic usage."

Dr. Money has made important contributions to our understanding of gender identity, sexual orientation, transsexualism, and the treatment of hermaphroditic or intersex children. His work has influenced conceptions of the causes and treatment of sexual deviance or paraphilia, and has generated both praise and criticism.

The Board of Directors of the Region inaugurated the award at a special session held during the Eastern Region meeting in Baltimore, MD, in April 2003. The Board invited Vern Bullough, arguably the Dean of historians of the scientific understanding of sexuality, to address Dr. Money's contributions to the field. Bullough's presentation was followed by remarks by John Money. The two papers are published in this issue of The Journal of Sex Research in recognition of their significance.

John DeLamater, Editor