Race/ethnicity and sexual orientation: Intersecting identities

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-254

  Parks, Cheryl A ^a   Hughes, Tonda L ^b   Matthews, Alicia K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Identity development; Latina; Lesbian; Race differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LESBIAN; LESBIAN OF COLOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; RACE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMAN OF COLOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEW YORK CITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 3943106807     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.10.3.241     Document Type: Article

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