''Sex changes'? Paradigm shifts in 'sex' and 'gender' following the gender recognition act?'

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Whittle, Stephen ^a   Turner, Lewis ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Gender identity; Legal identities; Sex; Sex change; Transgender; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847655583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1511     Document Type: Article

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