Gender Dysphoria: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 288-296

  Lev, Arlene Istar ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gender; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity; GID; LGBT; LGBTQ; Trans; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880832405     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-013-0447-0     Document Type: Article

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