Building realities less limited than their own: Young people practising same-sex attraction on the internet

Sexualities

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-100

  Hillier, Lynne ^a   Harrison, Lyn ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gay and lesbian community; Internet; Same sex attraction; Sexuality; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846465085     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460707072956     Document Type: Article

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