The politics of invisibility: Homophobia and low-income HIV-positive women who have sex with women

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-122

  Arend, Elizabeth D ^a,b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Lesbian; WSW; WSWO

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESBIAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; POLITICS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23944471094     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v49n01_05     Document Type: Article

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