The de-gaying and re-gaying of AIDS: Contested homophobias in lesbian and gay awareness training

Discourse and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-197

  Kitzinger, Celia ^a   Peel, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Conversation analysis; Discourse; Heterosexism; HIV; Homophobia; Language; Lesbian and gay awareness training; Lesbian and gay psychology; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444363373     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926505049618     Document Type: Article

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