'I'm gay': Declarations, desire, and coming out on prime-time television

Sexualities

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-29

  Herman, Didi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coming out; Desire; Identity; Lesbian; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444451211     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460705049572     Document Type: Article

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