A pathway to diversity?: Human rights, citizenship and the politics of transgender

Contemporary Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-102

  Hines, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

citizenship; Gender Recognition Act; human rights; queer politics; transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044980773     PISSN: 13569775     EISSN: 14693631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13569770802674238     Document Type: Article

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