Being gay and Jewish: Negotiating intersecting identities

Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-60

  Schnoor, Randal F ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1093/socrel/67.1.43     Document Type: Article

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