Gay male christian couples and sexual exclusivity

Sociology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 289-306

  Yip, Andrew K T ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Christian; Exclusivity, sex; Expectation; Gay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040600514     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038597031002006     Document Type: Article

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