@misc{Smugowska_Marcelina_Specificity, author={Smugowska, Marcelina}, copyright={Copyright by Marcelina Smugowska}, address={Wrocław}, howpublished={online}, publisher={Institute of Sociology, University of Wrocław}, language={pol}, abstract={The aim of the article is to present the specificity of identity and social functioning of transsexual people in Poland. Taking under consideration the transsexualism we should emphasize that this phenomenon is not new, however still remains the surprise in the public sphere. Transsexualism, on the basis of the social sciences and humanities more broadly, is taken relatively rare. Medicine and law definitely more often taking this phenomenon under consideration. Therefore, in this paper, based on my research, the phenomenon will be discussed with regard strong social context. An attempt will be described transsexual identity and social functioning of transsexual people in conditions of exclusion.}, title={Specificity of identity and social functioning of transsexual people in Poland}, keywords={transgenderism, transsexualism, identity, social functioning}, }