Sexualities, gender and ageing: Resources and social change

Current Sociology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-210

  Heaphy, Brian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Gay; Gender; Later life; Lesbian; Meanings; Non heterosexual; Practices; Resources; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247325640     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392107073301     Document Type: Article

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