Loss of self in coming out: Special risks for African American gays and lesbians

Journal of Loss and Trauma

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-47

  Icard, Larry D ^a,b   Nurius, Paula S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Mailstop 354900 ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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