Who's "in" and who's "out": State fragmentation and the struggle over gay rights, 1974-1999

Social Problems

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 386-410

  Werum, Regina ^a   Winders, Bill ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1525/sp.2001.48.3.386     Document Type: Article

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