"Look, Mom, I'm a Boy-Don't Tell Anyone I Was a Girl"

Journal of LGBT Youth

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 9-28

  Ehrensaft, Diane ^a  

^a Child and Adolescent Gender Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmed gender; gender nonconforming youth; going stealth; puberty blockers; transgender; true gender self

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874527061     PISSN: 19361653     EISSN: 19361661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19361653.2012.717474     Document Type: Article

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