Becoming what we love: Autogynephilic transsexualism conceptualized as an expression of romantic love

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 506-520

  Lawrence, Anne A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOGYNEPHILIA; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EROTISM; FANTASY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LOVE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; THEORY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 35348912587     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2007.0050     Document Type: Review

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