Family attitudes toward transgendered people in Turkey: Experience from a secular Islamic country

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-393

  Polat, Aslihan ^a   Yuksel, Sahika ^b,c   Discigil, Aysun Genc ^b   Meteris, Handan ^b  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Family attitude; Islam; Transgendered; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOSLEM; MOTHER; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN; PREPUBERTY; RELATIVE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSSEXUALISM; TURKEY (BIRD);

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; SECULARISM; STEREOTYPING; TRANSVESTISM; TURKEY;

EID: 33644540498     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/BHLY-K1ML-JDCB-H04W     Document Type: Article

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