Out and about: Negotiating the layers of being out in the process of disclosure of lesbian parenthood

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-36

  Almack, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coming out; Family lives; Lesbian parents; Motherhood; Qualitative research; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847649268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1442     Document Type: Article

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