Heterosexuals' Attitudes Toward Transgender People: Findings from a National Probability Sample of U.S. Adults

Sex Roles

Volumn 68, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 738-753

  Norton, Aaron T ^a   Herek, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Public opinion; Sexual prejudice; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877736176     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-011-0110-6     Document Type: Article

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