Did God make me this way? Expanding psychological research on queer religiosity and spirituality to include intersex and transgender individuals

Psychology and Sexuality

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 214-225

  Rodriguez, Eric M ^a   Follins, Lourdes D ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

intersex; religiosity; spirituality; transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865404640     PISSN: 19419899     EISSN: 19419902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2012.700023     Document Type: Article

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