Life course analysis—the courage to search for something more: Middle adulthood issues in the transgender and intersex community

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 189-224

  Witten, Tarynn M ^a  

^a TranScience Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Ageism; Aging; Discrimination; Gender; Gender identity; Gender presentation; Gender self perception; Hate crimes; Health inequality; Hermaphrodite; Heterosexual; Intersex; Legal status; LGBT; Life course; Life cycle; Middle adulthood; Middle age; Old age; Power; Race; Sex; Sexual orientation; Sexuality; Social theory; Socio economic status; Transgender; Transsexual; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748804953     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v08n02_12     Document Type: Article

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