Endless sex: The gender recognition act 2004 and the persistence of a legal category

Feminist Legal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-84

  Sharpe, Andrew N ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biology; Disclosure; Gender; Homosexual; Sex; Transgender transsexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847295310     PISSN: 09663622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10691-006-9042-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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