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A Matter of Perspective: A Transsexual Woman-Centric Critique of Dreger’s “Scholarly History” of the Bailey Controversy

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Serano, J. A Matter of Perspective: A Transsexual Woman-Centric Critique of Dreger’s “Scholarly History” of the Bailey Controversy. Arch Sex Behav 37, 491–494 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-008-9332-2

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