Gender disorder as gender oppression: A transfeminist approach to rethinking the pathologization of gender non-conformity

Women and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-113

  Sennott, Shannon L ^a  

^a Translate Gender Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Allyship Practice Model; Feminist therapy; Gender Identity Disorder; Transfeminist qualitative assessment tool; Transfeminist therapeutic approach; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651476820     PISSN: 02703149     EISSN: 15410315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02703149.2010.532683     Document Type: Article

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