Dreger on the Bailey controversy: Lost in the drama, missing the big picture

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 476-480

  Nichols, Margaret ^a  

^a Institute for Personal Growth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH; STEREOTYPING; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 43349084373     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9329-x     Document Type: Note

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