Gay and bisexual identity development among female-to-male transsexuals in North America: Emergence of a transgender sexuality

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 688-701

  Bockting, Walter ^a   Benner, Autumn ^b   Coleman, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Female to male; Gay; Sexuality; Transgender; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; FETISHISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NORTH AMERICA; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSVESTISM;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; BISEXUALITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENITALIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349239291     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9489-3     Document Type: Article

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