Varieties of transgender/transsexual lives and their relationship with transphobia

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 977-992

  Lombardi, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Gender expression; Gender identity; Transgender; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449381520     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918360903275393     Document Type: Article

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