Predicting opposition to the civil rights of trans persons in the United Kingdom

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-80

  Tee, Nicola ^a   Hegarty, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Essentialism; Gender; Heterosexism; Prejudice; Trans persons; Transsexuals

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644441173     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.851     Document Type: Article

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