Transgendered women of the philippines

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-90

  Winter, Sam ^a   Rogando Sasot, Sass ^b   King, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP)   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Demographics; Identity; Origins; Philippines; Sexuality; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349117869     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532730802182185     Document Type: Article

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