Between tomboys and butch Lesbians: Gender nonconformity viewed through clinical psychoanalysis and Lesbian and gay theory

Psychoanalytic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 655-683

  Jalas, Kristiina ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MASCULINITY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 2342440376     PISSN: 00332836     EISSN: 19433301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/prev.90.5.655.25199     Document Type: Review

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