"ONLY 2 GENDERS": IMPLICATIONS OF VIRTUAL TRANSPHOBIA FOR TRANSGENDER MENTAL HEALTH.
Transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse (TGD) people face prejudice, which is associated with psychological distress. Guided by critical theory, in the present study we sought to identify arguments used to delegitimize TGD identities online and evaluate their contribution to TGD oppression in an...
| Published in: | Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 77 - 99 |
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