Sexual orientation of female-to-male transsexuals: A comparison of homosexual and nonhomosexual types

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-278

  Chivers, Meredith L ^a   Bailey, J Michael ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female to male; Gender identity; Mating psychology; Sexual orientation; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; JEALOUSY; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 0034118568     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001915530479     Document Type: Article

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