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Binaries and Biology: Conversations With Elementary Education Professionals After Professional Development on Supporting Transgender Students

Melissa J. SmithEnglish Department, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, USA; Queering Education Research Institute, Hunter College, New York, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Elizabethe PayneQueering Education Research Institute, Hunter College, New York, New York, USA
Pages 34-47 | Published online: 16 Dec 2015

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