Egg seeks sperm. End of story … ? Articulating gay parenting in small ads for reproductive partners

Discourse and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 459-485

  Hogben, S ^a   Coupland, J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classified ads; Co parent; Gay male; Identity; Lesbian; Parenting; Self advertisement; Topology; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034343889     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926500011004002     Document Type: Article

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