The Crossroads of Race and Sexuality; Date Selection Among Men in Internet "Personal" Ads

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 981-994

  Phua, Voon Chin ^a   Kaufman, Gayle ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Date selection; Race; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142215264     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X03256607     Document Type: Review

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