Describing roles that gay-straight alliances play in schools: From individual support to school change

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 7-22

  Griffin, Pat ^a   Lee, Camille ^a   Waugh, Jeffrey ^a   Beyer, Chad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterosexism; Lgbt students; Lgbt support groups; School change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746508855     PISSN: 15410889     EISSN: 15410870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J367v01n03_03     Document Type: Article

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