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“This is the Biggest Thing You'll Ever Do in Your Life”: Exploring the Occupations of Transgendered People

Brenda L. Beagan School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lauren De Souza School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, Canada
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Caleb Godbout School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, Canada
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Laura Hamilton School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, Canada
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Janet MacLeod School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, Canada
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Emma Paynter School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, Canada
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Ashley Tobin School of Occupational Therapy, Dalhousie University, Canada
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Pages 226-240 | Accepted 01 Nov 2011, Published online: 08 May 2012

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Rodolfo Morrison, Lilian Araya, Josefina Del Valle, Vivian Vidal & Katherine Silva. (2022) Apartheid ocupacional y derechos humanos: Narrativas de parejas del mismo sexo que quieren ser padres. Una experiencia chilena. Journal of Occupational Science 29:2, pages XXXVI-LI.
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Karen McCarthy, Meghan Ballog, Maria Mayela Carranza & Katie Lee. (2022) Doing nonbinary gender: The occupational experience of nonbinary persons in the environment. Journal of Occupational Science 29:1, pages 36-51.
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Rodolfo Morrison, Lilian Araya, Josefina Del Valle, Vivian Vidal & Katherine Silva. (2020) Occupational apartheid and human rights: Narratives of Chilean same-sex couples who want to be parents. Journal of Occupational Science 27:1, pages 39-53.
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Jens Schneider, Julie Page & Fenna van Nes. (2019) “Now I feel much better than in my previous life”: Narratives of occupational transitions in young transgender adults. Journal of Occupational Science 26:2, pages 219-232.
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Brenda L. Beagan & Brenda Hattie. (2015) LGBTQ Experiences with Religion and Spirituality: Occupational Transition and Adaptation. Journal of Occupational Science 22:4, pages 459-476.
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