Counselling the partners of heterosexual male cross-dressers

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-306

  Cairns, Kathleen V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counselling; Cross dressing; Female partners; Marriage; Transvestism

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; REVIEW; TRANSVESTISM;

EID: 0031413837     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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