Questioning gender and sexuality binaries: What queer theorists, transgendered individuals, and sex researchers can teach social work

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-21

  McPhail, Beverly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries; Deconstruction; Gender; Postmodern theory; Queer theory; Sexual orientation; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746928595     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v17n01_02     Document Type: Article

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