Transgender friendship experiences: Benefits and barriers of friendships across gender identity and sexual orientation

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 193-215

  Galupo, M Paz ^a   Bauerband, L Andrew ^a   Gonzalez, Kirsten A ^a   Hagen, D Brienne ^a   Hether, Shandelle D ^a   Krum, Tiana E ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cisgender; friendship; gender identity; heterosexual; intersectional theory; normative; sexual minority; sexual orientation; transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899739257     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353514526218     Document Type: Article

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