The Experience of Social Power in the Lives of Trans People

Out in Psychology: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 195-216

  Clifford, Clair ^a   Orford, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional family environments; LGBTQ psychology; Male to female transsexuals; Medical literature; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861789998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713099.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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