Transgender people in the military: Don’t ask? Don’t tell? Don’t enlist!

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 436-457

  Yerke, Adam F ^a   Mitchell, Valory ^b  

^a THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge; Gender identity disorder; Gender variant; Military; Transgender; Transsexual; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; TRANSSEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883564543     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2013.744933     Document Type: Article

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