Transgender youth homelessness: Understanding programmatic barriers through the lens of cisgenderism

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-18

  Shelton, Jama ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cisgenderism; Homeless; LGBT; Transgender; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969824491     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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