Collaborative community-based research as activism: Giving voice and hope to lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 99-119

  Harper, Gary W ^a   Jamil, Omar Bashir ^a   Wilson, Bianca D M ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Adolescence; Bisexual; Community based organizations; Development; Gay; Homosexuality; Lesbian; Mental health; Research; Stigma; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249058330     PISSN: 08917140     EISSN: 15407128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J236v11n03_06     Document Type: Article

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