'Las Vegas is not where we are': Queer readings of the Civil Partnership Act

Political Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 899-920

  Stychin, Carl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Homosexuality; Marriage; Partnership; Queer theory; Relationship

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; GENDER ISSUE; HOMOSEXUALITY; MARRIAGE;

LAS VEGAS; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751279483     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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