Homosexuality, heterosexuality, and cross-dressing: Perceptions of gender discordant behavior

Sex Roles

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 441-450

  Moulton III, John L ^b   Adams Price, Carolyn E ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031495461     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
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