"Nobody's ever going to make a fag pretty woman": Stigma awareness and the putative effects of stigma among a sample of Canadian male sex workers

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 201-217

  Morrison, Todd G ^a   Whitehead, Bruce W ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b National University of Ireland ^*

Author keywords

Canada; Escorts; Gay men; Male prostitution; Sex work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CANADA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 35548974776     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v53n01_09     Document Type: Article

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