Sexuality of male-to-female transsexuals

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 586-597

  Veale, Jaimie F ^a   Clarke, Dave E ^a   Lomax, Terri C ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autogynephilia; Gender identity disorder; Masochism; Sexuality; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FANTASY; FEMALE; FETISHISM; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MASOCHISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; FANTASY; FEMALE; FETISHISM (PSYCHIATRIC); GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JEALOUSY; MALE; MASOCHISM; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REFERENCE VALUES; SADISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; TRANSSEXUALISM; TRANSVESTISM;

EID: 45849132351     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9306-9     Document Type: Article

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