Cisgenderism in psychology: Pathologising and misgendering children from 1999 to 2008

Psychology and Sexuality

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-160

  Ansara, Y Gavriel ^a   Hegarty, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'gender identity disorder'; Cisgenderism; Content analysis; Misgendering; Pathologising; Transgender; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865417665     PISSN: 19419899     EISSN: 19419902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19419899.2011.576696     Document Type: Article

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