“Be Glad That You Are Ill”: Medical Views on Transgender and Its Influence on Self- Perception Among Trans People in Poland
In Poland, most of the existing information on transgender has been heavily influenced by the pathologizing, medicalizing discourses of the 1980s and early 1990s, and deeply rooted in the essentialist perception of gender. In contrast, under the influence of queer theory and social constructionism,...
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University of Lodz
2020-02-01
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| Series: | Przeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej |
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| Online Access: | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/socjak/article/view/6657 |