A quest for authenticity: Contemporary butch gender

Sex Roles

Volumn 50, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 605-621

  Levitt, Heidi M ^a,b   Hiestand, Katherine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Butch; Gender; Homosexual; Lesbian; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843107810     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000027565.59109.80     Document Type: Article

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