The invisible body of queer youth: Identity and health in the margins of lesbian and trans communities

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 43-71

  Welle, Dorinda L ^a   Fuller, Sebastian S ^a   Mauk, Daniel ^a   Clatts, Michael C ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV risk; Language practices; Marginalization; Queer youth; Transgender health; Transgender identity; Transgender youth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LESBIAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906380737     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v10n01_03     Document Type: Article

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