Transgender people and the amendment of formal documentation: Matters of recognition and citizenship

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 280-289

  Couch, Murray ^a   Pitts, Marian ^a   Croy, Samantha ^a   Mulcare, Hunter ^a   Mitchell, Anne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Documentation; Identity; Recognition; Sociology; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 56149083085     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.451.17.3.280     Document Type: Article

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