Measuring Hong Kong undergraduate students' attitudes towards transpeople

Sex Roles

Volumn 59, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 670-683

  Winter, Sam ^a   Webster, Beverley ^a   Cheung, Pui Kei Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

GTS; Hong Kong; Measurement; Transgenderism; Transphobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349152160     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-008-9462-y     Document Type: Article

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