Negotiating social stigma among gay Asian men

Sexualities

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 245-268

  Poon Kwong Lai, Maurice ^a   Ho Trung Thu, Peter ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Asian Community AIDS Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gay Asian; Resistance; Social stigma; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549083054     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460707085472     Document Type: Article

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