Fulfilling the promise: Community response to the needs of sexual minority youth and families

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-454

  James, Steven E ^a,b  

^a Goddard College   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BISEXUALITY; CHRISTIANITY; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MINORITY GROUPS; PARENTING; PREJUDICE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0031926868     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080354     Document Type: Review

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