Supporting transgender children: New legal, social, and medical approaches

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 422-433

  Minter, Shannon Price ^a  

^a Transgender Law and Policy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; gender identity; gender identity disorder; gender identity disorder of adolescence; gender identity disorder of childhood; gender variance; legal rights; transgender; transsexual; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PATIENT RIGHT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84859597840     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.653311     Document Type: Article

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