Trans/virtual: The anxieties of transsexual and electronic embodiments

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-317

  Hansbury, Griffin ^a  

^a National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatar; Cyberspace; Second life; Transgender; Transsexual; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960553503     PISSN: 19359705     EISSN: 19359713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2011.581193     Document Type: Article

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