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Autogynephilia and Science: A Response to Moser (2022) and Serano and Veale (2022)

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Bailey, J.M. Autogynephilia and Science: A Response to Moser (2022) and Serano and Veale (2022). Arch Sex Behav 52, 479–481 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02482-6

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