Transsexual Bodies at the Olympics: The International Olympic Committee's Policy on Transsexual Athletes at the 2004 Athens Summer Games

Body & Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 75-102

  Cavanagh, Sheila L ^a   Sykes, Heather ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 38949177899     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X06067157     Document Type: Article

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