There's more than meets the eye: Facial appearance and evaluations of transsexual people

Sex Roles

Volumn 62, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 361-373

  Gerhardstein, Kelly R ^a   Anderson, Veanne N ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Physical appearance; Transphobia; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951768792     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-010-9746-x     Document Type: Article

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