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“A little shiny gender breakthrough”: Community understandings of gender euphoria

Will J. Beischela Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7430-4547View further author information
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Stéphanie E. M. Gauvinb Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1943-6344View further author information
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Sari M. van Andersb Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada;c Department of Gender Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada;d Program in Neuroscience, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 274-294 | Published online: 03 May 2021

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