Transsexual emergence: Gender variant identities in Thailand

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 563-575

  Ocha, Witchayanee ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

sex reassignment surgery; sex tourism; sexualities; Thailand; transgender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THAILAND; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THAILAND; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860350173     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.672653     Document Type: Article

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