A "queer" manifesto of interventions for libraries to "come out" of the closet! A study of "queer" youth experiences during the coming out process

Libres

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-51

  Mehra, Bharat ^a   Braquet, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

"queer" youth; Coming out process; Library interventions; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745757030     PISSN: 10586768     EISSN: 10586768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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