Intersectional identities and conceptions of the self: The experience of transgender people

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-67

  De Vries, Kylan Mattias ^a  

^a SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender identity; Intersectionality; Race; Transgender; whitenormativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867535869     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/SYMB.2     Document Type: Article

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