The misunderstood gender: A model of modern femme identity

Sex Roles

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 99-113

  Levitt, Heidi M ^a,b   Gerrish, Elisabeth A ^a   Hiestand, Katherine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Femme; Gender; Homosexual; Identity; Lesbian; Queer; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037288032     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022453304384     Document Type: Article

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