Sexual citizenship, political obligation and disease ecology in gay Seattle

Political Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 874-898

  Brown, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Political ecology; Political obligation; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; FEMINISM; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH STATUS; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33751197912     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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