Legacy denied: African American gay men, AIDS, and the black church

Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-61

  Miller Jr , Robert L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; AIDS; Church; Gay men; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947606327     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/52.1.51     Document Type: Article

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