Negotiating multiple identities in a queer vietnamese support group

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 45, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 193-215

  Masequesmay, Gina ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity work; Lesbian; Multiple identities; Queer; Support group; Vietnamese American

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; BISEXUALITY; CONVERSATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; LESBIAN; POLITICS; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPORT GROUP; TRANSSEXUALISM;

FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-HELP GROUPS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0344011508     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v45n02_09     Document Type: Article

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