Transsexuals' Narrative Construction of the "True Self"

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 176-192

  Mason Schrock, Douglas ^a  

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EID: 0030516939     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2787018     Document Type: Article

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