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‘It just feels really nice when people call me by my name’: accounts of gender euphoria among Australian trans young people and their parents

Salem Skeltona College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, South AustraliaView further author information
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Damien W. Riggsa College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, South AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Annie Pullen Sansfaconb School of Social Work, Canada Research Chair on Transgender Children and Their Families, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Lionel Groulx, Montreal, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2286-8997View further author information
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Sabra L. Katz-Wisec Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4825-6673View further author information
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Manvi AroraORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6721-6418View further author information
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Charles-Antoine Thibeaultb School of Social Work, Canada Research Chair on Transgender Children and Their Families, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Lionel Groulx, Montreal, CanadaView further author information
Pages 470-482 | Received 29 Nov 2022, Accepted 14 Nov 2023, Published online: 24 Nov 2023

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