Gender dysphoric/gender variant (gd/gv) children and adolescents: Summarizing what we know and what we have yet to learn

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 501-510

  Drescher, Jack ^a   Byne, William ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; gender identity; gender identity disorder; gender identity disorder of adolescence; gender identity disorder of childhood; gender variance; pubertal suspension; transgender; transsexual; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84859611450     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2012.653317     Document Type: Article

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