Queering sport: Lesbian softball leagues and the transgender challenge

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 431-446

  Travers, Ann ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Lesbian softball; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547314544     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690207078070     Document Type: Article

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