Is there a Japanese ‘gay identity’?

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 459-472

  McLelland, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 28244496555     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050050174459     Document Type: Article

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