Uneven possibilities: Understanding non-heterosexual ageing and the implications of social change

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 99-110

  Heaphy, Brian ^a   Yip, Andrew K T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ageing; Community; Detraditionalisation; Gay; Identity; Late Modernity; Lesbian; Non heterosexual; Relationships; Social Change

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444373889     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.864     Document Type: Article

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