Monogamy of the heart: Extradyadic sex and gay male couples

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-24

  LaSala, Michael C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay male couples; Monogamy; Nonmonogamy; Qualitative research; Safer sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248604296     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v17n03_01     Document Type: Article

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