On Passing: The Interactional Organization of Appearance Attributions in the Psychiatric Assessment of Transsexual Patients

Out in Psychology: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 335-368

  Speer, Susan A ^a   Green, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body hair removal; Heteronormative group membership; LGBTQ psychologists; Transphobic violence; Transsexual patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548234744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713099.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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