Coming out, coming into what? Identification and risks in the 'coming out' story of a Norwegian late adolescent gay man

Sexualities

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 582-602

  Hegna, Kristinn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Doing gay; Homosexuality; Identity; Norway; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648984494     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460707083170     Document Type: Article

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