Thai transgenders in focus: Their beliefs about attitudes towards and origins of transgender

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 47-62

  Winter, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Thailand; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PSYCHOGENESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 33750738543     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J485v09n02_06     Document Type: Review

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