Normal queers: Straight parents respond to their children's "coming out"

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-167

  Fields, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0035535713     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2001.24.2.165     Document Type: Article

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