Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad

Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad is a Norwegian physician and sexologist. Benestad has said that "for me there is no point being neither a man nor a woman. I am a trans person; that is my gender so to speak." as well as "I am not a man, not a woman, but a very happy transperson!"

Benestad is married to sexologist Elsa Almås and is the parent of film director Even Benestad.

In 2007, Benestad took part in the reality TV series Skal vi danse (Norwegian Dancing with the Stars) and was voted out after four episodes. Benestad told the talk show God kveld, Norge! that Benestad was sometimes bullied by the judges for their trans identity.

Benestad has been a minor political candidate for the Liberal Party of Norway.

Published books

 * Sexologi i praksis, with Elsa Almås (1997, revised 2006)
 * Kjønn i bevegelse, with Elsa Almås (2001)
 * Transseksualisme - hvor går vi og hvor står vi? (2002)
 * Transekjønn og diagnoser (2004)
 * Penisatlas (2005)